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Journal (Canadian Dental Association) May 1996
Topics: Denturists; Humans; Ontario
PubMed: 8640570
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association) May 1996
Topics: Canada; Denturists; Humans
PubMed: 8640569
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association) Feb 1996
Topics: Canada; Denturists; Humans
PubMed: 8820170
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British Dental Journal Nov 1995
Topics: Dental Technicians; Denturists; Humans; Licensure; Technology, Dental; United Kingdom
PubMed: 7495622
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American Journal of Public Health Oct 1995Dental services use by two cohorts under the universal dental plan for the elderly in Alberta, Canada, was examined. (Comparative Study)
Comparative Study
OBJECTIVES
Dental services use by two cohorts under the universal dental plan for the elderly in Alberta, Canada, was examined.
METHODS
Two birth cohorts 65 to 69 years old at entry who used the plan from 1978 to 1979 (n = 17,816) or from 1985 to 1986 (n = 27,474) were analyzed over 6 successive years for differences in dental services use and costs.
RESULTS
The 1985/86 cohort received 24% more visits per patient than the 1978/79 cohort. Their inflation-adjusted expenditures increased by 19% mainly as a result of increases in denturists' expenditures (33%) (dentists' expenditures increased just 4% because of lower plan fee increases). The 1985/86 cohort received relatively many more periodontal and fewer denture services. Annual attendance over 6 consecutive years was high, especially for the 1985/86 cohort and dentists' patients; 55% of the 1985/86 cohort who used dentists did so in 5 or all 6 years.
CONCLUSIONS
Differences in plan expenditures per patient between the birth cohorts and dentists and denturists, along with the high continuity of care for dentists' patients, have important implications for planning and administering dental plans for the elderly. The large expenditure decreases for removable dentures and the large increases for periodontal services to the 1985/86 cohort are noteworthy.
Topics: Aged; Alberta; Cohort Studies; Dental Care for Aged; Denturists; Health Care Costs; Health Expenditures; Health Services Research; Humans; Insurance, Dental
PubMed: 7573626
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.85.10.1408 -
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry Sep 1995Since 1973 Alberta's dental plan for the elderly has made government-sponsored, premium-free, comprehensive dental care available from both dentists and denturists in...
Since 1973 Alberta's dental plan for the elderly has made government-sponsored, premium-free, comprehensive dental care available from both dentists and denturists in private practice to all residents older than 64 years. This article is based on an analysis that covered 260,000 patients from 1978 to 1992. It presents the frequency, nature, and cost of denture replacements to patients and pays particular attention to replacements administered within the allowable 5-year time limit stated by the plan for complete and removable partial dentures. During the 14-year period, about 55,000 dentures were replaced; 47% of these were replaced in the year after the individual's 5-year time limit had expired. Within the 5-year limit 1974 dentures were replaced at a nominal cost of +1.09 million, with nearly one half of these costs being attributed to denturists. Relative to the total number of dentures provided during the 14-year period, the denture replacement rate for dentists was 7% to 8%, and for denturists it was nearly three times greater at 21% to 22%. The replacement process included many crossovers by patients between dentists and denturists; for example, nearly one quarter of the 190 complete dentures initially provided by dentists were replaced by denturists within 5 years.
Topics: Aged; Alberta; Dental Care for Aged; Dentists; Denture, Complete; Denture, Partial, Removable; Denturists; Health Care Costs; Health Services Research; Humans; Mandible; Maxilla; Workforce
PubMed: 7473280
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3913(05)80133-7 -
Oral Health Jun 1995
Topics: Alberta; Denturists; Humans; Professional Autonomy; Prosthodontics; Workforce
PubMed: 8779761
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Journal of the California Dental... Feb 1995
Topics: California; Delivery of Health Care; Dental Hygienists; Dentistry; Denturists; Economics, Dental; Humans; Legislation, Dental; Professional Autonomy
PubMed: 7643185
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Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor... Jun 1994The legal position of denturists in the Netherlands will be discussed again in the near future. At the moment it is uncertain what the legal basis will be. It is...
The legal position of denturists in the Netherlands will be discussed again in the near future. At the moment it is uncertain what the legal basis will be. It is important for denturists and other dental professionals to investigate the different possibilities in the legislation. Historical research and research of sources of law concerning the development of denturism learned that denturists have a lot of arguments to obtain a solid position in future legislation.
Topics: Denturists; Humans; Legislation, Dental; Netherlands
PubMed: 11830830
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Journal (Canadian Dental Association) May 1994To evaluate the longitudinal utilization of Alberta's Extended Health Benefits dental plan for the elderly, its use over the preceding 13 years by patients over age 64,...
To evaluate the longitudinal utilization of Alberta's Extended Health Benefits dental plan for the elderly, its use over the preceding 13 years by patients over age 64, who had used the plan in 1991-92, was examined. Of these 96,596 patients, over half (56 per cent) were female and about two-thirds (68 per cent) received their dental care from a dentist only. However, for the older elderly and for those living outside Calgary and Edmonton, the percentage attending a denturist only or both a denturist and a dentist was greater. Only individuals over age 77, or about 20 per cent of plan participants in 1991-92, were eligible to use the plan over the entire 14-year period examined in this study. However, the regularity of previous annual utilization of the plan was high. About 60 per cent of 70-74 year olds had used the plan for five or more years, while close to 50 per cent of the 80-84 year olds--who were eligible to use the plan for the entire period of the study--had done so in eight or more of the previous 14 years. Despite varying plan eligibility according to patient age, the 96,596 patients who used the plan over the 14-year period made nearly 1.2-million patient visits, at which they received about 3.1-million dental services. The high continuity of annual usage demonstrates that this group is not under-utilizing dental services.
Topics: Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alberta; Dental Care for Aged; Dental Health Services; Denturists; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Residence Characteristics; State Dentistry
PubMed: 8004518
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