A view of future needs for dental care

Abstract

The epidemiology of dental disease in the United Kingdom has been well documented since the introduction in 1968 of the first of the various decennial national surveys of dental health. This was coupled with an upsurge at about that time of academic interest in the subject which has continued to grow. Although the database on current disease experience and recent trends, at least in relation to dental caries, is extensive, foretelling future levels of dental health and disease can be only speculative and must involve a number of untested assumptions. This is because prediction depends largely upon the extrapolation of past trends, modified by the possible effects of anticipated developments and changes.

Citation

Downer, M.C. (1987), "A view of future needs for dental care", Journal of Management in Medicine, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb060462