Nonetheless, since most dentists practice in the capital city, the sample population is likely to be representative of dentists working in Nepal.
Since most dentists practice in isolation, few standardized measures of meaningful treatment outcomes have been developed for and adopted across practices.
In fact, he said, the midlevel providers "can be trained to do certain simple procedures safely," and they would most likely work in public health clinics, seeing patients whom "most dentists will never see in their offices".
A1 Meth Takes a Toll on Teeth Unlike other drugs or candies or vices in most dentists' memories, methamphetamine seems to be taking a unique and horrific toll inside its users' mouths, turning a perfectly healthy set of teeth into ruin.
However, when fluoride varnish became a covered benefit in a fee-for-service dental plan in 1996, most dentists did not adopt the technology, [ 8] suggesting that stronger interventions are necessary to increase dentist adoption of caries-control services.
"Most dentists consider themselves to be in the business of dentistry rather than the practice of dentistry," said Dr. David A. Nash, a professor of pediatric dentistry at the University of Kentucky.
But many poor and lower-middle-class families do not receive adequate care, in part because most dentists want customers who can pay cash or have private insurance, and they do not accept Medicaid patients.
Most dentists and primary care physicians currently practicing in Puerto Rico received their professional health training on the Island.
Moreover, even in states that have raised Medicaid payments, most dentists still do not accept Medicaid patients.
