UK general population's willingness to pay for dental check-ups.

Objectives: Choices about which dental treatments to provide in a publicly funded system should be guided by the value that the general population place on those treatments. The aim of this study was to estimate United Kingdom (UK) general population willingness to pay (WTP) for dental check-ups, and to investigate what factors influence WTP.

Methods: WTP was elicited using a hypothetical question in an online survey.

Patients' perception of cross-infection prevention in dentistry in Jordan.

Purpose: To explore the public perception of cross-infection prevention methods and their role in disease transmission, among patients attending Jordan University Hospital.

Materials And Methods: A systemic random sample of 310 dental patients with a mean (SD) age of 35.1 (14.

Clinical assessments and patient evaluations of the esthetic quality of maxillary anterior restorations.

Purpose: Dental esthetics has increasingly become an important and rewarding discipline in dentistry as patients have begun to request anterior restorations of high esthetic quality. Clinicians must be prepared to meet the esthetic demands and high expectations of their patients. Different variables may influence the esthetic quality of restorations.