| Model of dental care process |
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| n | Assessment of
symptoms – decision to go to DDS |
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| – | A social process |
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| – | Small % of
symptoms actually reach the DDS |
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| – | Two levels of
measurement in the presence of |
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| dental symptoms: |
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| • | 1) Those that
are clinically observed & measured |
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| • | 2) Those which
are perceived and self-reported |
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| – | Perceived
symptoms are a key variable |
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| • | constitute a
major determinant of self-care |
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| • | or provider-based
care |
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| • | 20% of urban
males sample in Norway did not go to DDS |
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| because thought
symptoms would go away |
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| spontaneously |
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