[Animals go to the veterinarian, people go to the dentist].

The Dutch law and other regulations provide that only registered veterinarians can treat animals. Moreover, by law only registered individuals may use the title veterinarian or dentist. The veterinary professional should be open to advice, help, and technical assistance from other professionals working with human or animals patients.

[Quality of dental radiographs. A sample from 52 general practices].

To assess the quality of dental radiographs in general practice, 1000 radiographs in 52 practices were collected and evaluated. The radiographs were judged by two examiners using standard series of X-ray film, showing different degrees of the nine different types of errors studied. Furthermore, the diagnostic quality was assessed; if the diagnostic value was poor, the cause was registered.

[Oral health in 35-55-year old people].

Changes in treatment planning and improved dental materials can probably cause a further improvement of the oral health in 35-55-year old people. Expectations concerning new developments in this field and the quantitative results of a computer simulation model, based on a corresponding scenario, were compared. The results suggest a minor decrease of missing teeth per person and the percentages edentulous people in the age group 35 years and over.