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Model of dental care process

Key to developing a comprehensive model -

View use/nonuse of professional dental

services as a decision-making process

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With distinct, identifiable beginning & end points

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Composed of multiple stages

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Episode of dental care is just one part of the

process

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Path one takes is determined largely by the

interdependent decisions of the individual

(parent/guardian) and the provider

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