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L V Martens

Publications and source records attributed to L V Martens.

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PubMed1992

Dental handpieces.

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Dental High-Speed Equipment↗
PubMed1990

Economic impact of dental service utilization by older adults.

A total of 747 general dental practitioners--in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, and Minnesota--responded to a questionnaire in 1988 by completing a detailed productivity report of patient services performed during a specified period. The results, based on 11,909 patient visits and 22,712 dental procedures, indicated that stereotypes of older adults as underutilizers of dental care are incorrect. This finding and others, detailed within this article, indicate that older adults make up a substantial portion of regular patients and that their utilization of dental services should increase throughout 1990.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

Infection control practices of Minnesota dentists: changes during 1 year.

In 1986, a survey of all licensed Minnesota dentists (N = 2,752) was conducted to determine current infection control practices. In 1987, the survey was repeated with a 45% random sample of all Minnesota dentists (N = 1,357) to monitor changes in such practices during 1 year. The findings indicate that dentists made dramatic changes in their routine use of barrier techniques and also, that rates of vaccination against hepatitis B increased decidedly. Younger dentists had higher vaccination rates and use of routine barrier techniques. Although dentists' reluctance to treat patients with AIDS decreased in frequency, some dentists still refuse to treat these patients. However, a substantial majority will treat patients with other infectious diseases.

Adult↗
PubMed1978

Effectiveness of community preventive programs on improving oral health.

Although sizable community efforts in the United States have been made to educate children and adults about periodontal disease and its control, valid inferences regarding their effectiveness cannot be made because, for the most part, invalid methods of evaluation have been used. Confusion about these methods may exist because there has been little conviction that the available methods of control will stop the progress of periodontal pathology. Many recommended oral hygiene practices are probably applicable only to certain motivated individuals. An effective, comprehensive community-program for the prevention of periodontal disease remains to be developed. It is unlikely that sufficient sums of money and personnel could be diverted from the budgets of lesser-developed countries to initiate mass oral hygiene programs. Therefore, it appears that, organized community efforts appear to be promising only for the control of dental caries. However, it must be remembered that community fluoridation may not be applicable in many countries. Therefore, new strategies and vehicles to bring fluorides to all segments of the world's population are needed.

Audiovisual Aids↗
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Are dental practices less productive with older patients? Comparison of alternative output measures.

This study assessed the effects of increased visits by older dental patients on alternative measures of time- and dollar-based practice productivity. The Minnesota Dental Practice Analysis System was used for analysis of data from 31 practices (12,818 patients visits) reporting increased visits by older adults between June, 1980, and December, 1984. Results suggested that the productivity effects associated with older patient visits were highly dependent on the practice output measure selected. While increased visits by patients aged 70 and over were associated with increased monetary productivity per patient visit, time and monetary productivity per practice day were found to decline. An association between increased proportions of older patients visits and increased dentist minutes per visit appeared to account for this. This econometric analysis tends to support the notion that dental practices are less productive with older patients.

Adolescent↗