Dental Therapy Assistant: Expectations, Preferences, and Reality.

Abstract

The Army has implemented a program in dental care delivery which consists of dental treatment teams utilizing Dental Therapy Assistants (DTAs). The primary purpose of the present study was to look for overall conflicts between DTAs' attitudes and performance compared with the dentists' expectations. A second purpose was to determine the effects of providing Feedback (the results of how frequently a variety of tasks had been performed) on the Job Satisfaction, attitudes, and performance of the DTAs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA035405

Entities

People

  • A. David Mangelsdorff

Organizations

  • Academy of Health Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Dams
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • History
  • Hygiene
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Medical Personnel
  • Oral Diseases
  • Personnel Management
  • Pilot Studies
  • Public Health
  • Students
  • Supervisors
  • Teeth
  • United States

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