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Prognosis vs outcome: predicting tooth survival
1Department of Periodontics, University of Texas, Dental Branch Houston and Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995)
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
The assignment of prognosis is one of the most important functions undertaken in clinical practice, yet there is little evidence to support the current decision-making process. This article will review four articles that evaluate the traditional method of assigning a prognosis and predicting tooth survival. Limitations of the current method of assigning a prognosis are discussed, and models are presented that should allow clinicians to be more confident in their projections.