Model Practice as a Valid Research Tool for Studying Actual Private Practice
D. G. CHADWICK 1
1 University of North Carolina Dental Research Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
Data from the actual private practices of two dentists were compared with respective data from the participation of the same two dentists in a laboratory model of private practice conducted in the University of North Carolina Dental Research Center. The findings show that a laboratory model can be established which accurately reflects the major parameters of an actual private practice.
Submitted on April 18, 1974
Accepted on October 7, 1974
