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During the early 1980s, a number of studies into dental treatment provision in the General Dental Service were conducted in Scotland. These studies indicated that the frequency with which an individual attended the dentist for treatment, or changed their dentist, influenced the amount of dental treatment that they received. The present study was designed to test these findings in an independent population, in this case, 100 members of the Royal Australian Air Force. While the frequency of attending the dentist did not have any significant effect on restoration longevity or the number of restorations a subject received, it did influence the cost of such treatment, indicating that frequent attenders received more expensive treatments rather than more treatment. Changing dentist did not display any significant influence on any of the parameters used in the present study
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Dawson, A., Smales, R. The influence of examination frequency and changing dentist on dental treatment provision in an Australian defence force population. Br Dent J 173, 237–241 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4808012
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