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Expert commentary: Nigel Pitts

British Dental Journal volume 233, page 867 (2022)Cite this article

'Variation among dentists in planning treatment' was and remains a ground-breaking paper; it is remarkable that in 1983, no record could be found of comparable research. The authors also represented an unusual combination for that time: a lateral thinking academic restorative dentist working with a health psychologist in an NHS-funded research unit (DHSRU). This simple, robust, but devastatingly effective study began to examine dental clinical decision-making. Unfortunately, it also provoked negative responses focused upon the messengers, rather than the message.

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  1. Professor, Dean of Research Impact, King´s College London and Director: Dental Innovation and Impact, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King´s College London, UK

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Pitts, N. Expert commentary: Nigel Pitts. Br Dent J 233, 867 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-022-5257-8

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