Waldman H B
J Am Dent Assoc. 1983 Feb;106(2):167-70. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1983.0394.
As stated at the outset, the review of the two systems was not intended to determine which approach to provide dental services is better. Rather it has provided an opportunity for both systems to learn from the activities of the other. Thus, the continuing decrease in dental caries rates in the United States, no doubt associated with the extensive fluoridation programs, provides direction for efforts in England and Wales. Similarly, the pronounced changing attitudes to extractions and "wedding present dentures" in England and Wales offer our country some understanding of the needs to change general population attitudes if we are to expand dental services in this country to increasing segments of the nation.
如开篇所述，对这两种体系的审视并非旨在确定哪种提供牙科服务的方法更好。相反，它为两种体系提供了相互借鉴对方活动的机会。因此，美国龋齿率的持续下降无疑与广泛的氟化计划有关，这为英格兰和威尔士的相关工作提供了方向。同样，英格兰和威尔士对拔牙及“结婚礼物假牙”态度的显著转变，让我国明白，如果要在本国将牙科服务扩展至更多人群，就需要改变普通民众的态度。
