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. 1980 Jun;70(6):619–624. doi: 10.2105/ajph.70.6.619

The reaction of the dental profession to changes in the 1970s.

H B Waldman
PMCID: PMC1619455  PMID: 7377438

Abstract

This paper explores the changing realities of dentistry in the 1970s: the development of denturism; the maldistribution of dental practitioners; the growth and activities of expanded function auxiliaries; the intrusion of the Federal Trade Commission into professional issues resulting in advertising, supermarket and franchise dentistry; and the effect of prepayment plans. These realities are considered in terms of their impact on the profession and the efforts by the individual practitioner and his representative organizations to come to terms with them.

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