Dental Therapy Assistant: Effect on Team Productivity.
Abstract
The U.S. Army Dental Corps has implemented a formal program based on the concept that dental care can be more efficiently and effectively provided with treatment teams composed one dental officer, two dental therapy assistants (DTAs), one basic assistant, and the shared support of other auxiliary personnel. Such a team will use three dental treatment rooms (DTRs). The productivity of each of 15 test teams employing one dentist, one or two DTAs, one basic assistant, and two or three DTRs was compared with their productivity while working in the conventional manner--one dentist, one basic assistant and one DTR over a period of one year.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0759139
Entities
People
- Theodore H. Heid
Organizations
- Brooke Army Medical Center