INTERVAL (investigation of NICE technologies for enabling risk-variable-adjusted-length) dental recalls trial: a multicentre randomised controlled trial investigating the best dental recall interval for optimum, cost-effective maintenance of oral health in dentate adults attending dental primary care

• Main Authors: Jan E. Clarkson (Author), Nigel B. Pitts (Author), Debbie Bonetti (Author), Dwayne Boyers (Author), Hazel Braid (Author), Robert Elford (Author), Patrick A. Fee (Author), Ruth Floate (Author), Beatriz Goulão (Author), Gerry Humphris (Author), Ian Needleman (Author), John D. T. Norrie (Author), Fiona Ord (Author), Marjon van der Pol (Author), Craig R. Ramsay (Author), David N. J. Ricketts (Author), Helen V. Worthington (Author), Linda Young (Author), INTERVAL Trial Collaboration (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Traditionally, patients at low risk and high risk of developing dental disease have been encouraged to attend dental recall appointments at regular intervals of six months between appointments. The lack of evidence for the effect that different recall intervals between dental che...