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Quackery, fraud, and denturists.

Robert B Stevenson1

  • 1Ohio State University School of Dentistry, USA. LesGoBucks@aol.com

The Journal of the American College of Dentists
|February 24, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Denturism, a questionable dental practice, has largely failed due to program closures, comparable costs, and low demand. Dentists must vigilantly manage media interactions concerning oral health care.

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Area of Science:

  • Dental Practice and Policy
  • Oral Health Care Delivery

Background:

  • Denturism, a practice allowing non-dentists to provide dentures, has faced scrutiny regarding care quality.
  • Some states liberalized laws in the 1980s to permit denturism for qualified individuals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the outcomes and viability of denturism as a dental care model.
  • To inform dentists about challenges in communicating oral health science versus public perception.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the historical implementation and subsequent failure of denturism initiatives.
  • Review of factors contributing to the decline of denturism, including training, cost, and demand.

Main Results:

  • Accredited denturism training programs have ceased operations.
  • The cost of services provided by denturists has become comparable to dentists' fees.
  • Demand for denturists' services has remained limited, indicating a lack of widespread adoption.

Conclusions:

  • The experiment with liberalized denturism laws has generally failed.
  • Dentists need to be proactive and vigilant in media engagement to ensure accurate dissemination of oral health information.

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