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Cross Infection/prevention & control , Infection Control, Dental/methods , Cost-Benefit Analysis , Cross Infection/economics , Humans , Infection Control, Dental/economics , Orthodontics/economics , Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care , Practice Guidelines as Topic , Risk Assessment , United KingdomABSTRACT
AIMS: To discuss the practical aspects of conducting research in a primary care setting, from the perspectives of the practitioner and the research team. METHODS: Various issues are discussed, including the relevance of research questions being generated in this setting, the advantages to both parties and the processes involved in conducting a study in specialist practice. This paper describes two recent studies (a randomized clinical trial and a qualitative study) conducted within specialist practice, to illustrate some of the potential difficulties. CONCLUSIONS: The success of conducting a study in primary care is determined by a variety of factors, including an interested specialist practitioner, motivated staff in a well-organized practice and the close support of an academic-based research team.
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Dental Research , Orthodontics, Corrective , Primary Health Care , Communication , Confidentiality , Dental Staff/education , Ethics, Dental , General Practice, Dental , Humans , Informed Consent , Interprofessional Relations , Orthodontics, Corrective/ethics , Patient Selection , Pilot Projects , Publishing , Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic , Research Design , Research Support as Topic , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
A case is described in which two separate developmental odontogenic cysts were associated with an unerupted lower third molar tooth. Radiological and histological examination showed that these were a lateral periodontal cyst and a follicular (dentigerous) cyst. This unusual occurrence provides substantial evidence that the periodontal cyst may have an origin from the cell rests of Malassez.