Training dental nurses in the use of the PAR Index: a pilot study
1Orthodontic Division, School of Clinical Dentistry, Queen's University of Belfast, Royal Victoria Hospital, U.K.
Abstract:
This paper reports the results of a PAR Index training and calibration course organized for dental nurses. Using a similar contact teaching time to that normally employed when training orthodontists, approximately one-quarter of the dental nurses were successfully calibrated in the use of the PAR Index.


