What is quality primary dental care?
In the first paper of a series exploring quality in primary dental care a definition for quality in dentistry is sought. There is a little agreement in academic literature as to what quality really means in primary dental care and without a true understanding it is difficult to measure and improve quality in a systematic way. 'Quality' of healthcare in dentistry will mean different things to practitioners, policy makers and patients but a framework could be modelled on other definitions within different healthcare sectors, with focus on access, equity and overall healthcare experience.
Population Health Research Institute, School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH.
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D003729:Dental Care / Q000592:standards*; D003813:Dentistry / Q000592:standards; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*