Stop the Cycle of Missed Appointments

By Richard James Tanega, RDH, BS, Priyanka Sharma, RDH, BSc and Stefania Willis, RDH, MA, DMH On Sep 1, 2015

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Addressing the barriers many patients face when accessing dental care may help reduce the number of broken appointments.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

Identify the effects of missed dental appointments on dental practices and health outcomes.
Discuss the reasons behind broken appointments.
Explain the relationship between dental anxiety and missed appointments.

This course was published in the September 2015 issue and expires September 30, 2018. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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