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Cost–Benefit Evaluation of Dental Implants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Bengt Jönsson
Affiliation:
Linköping University
Göran Karlsson
Affiliation:
Linköping University

Abstract

The growing evidence of the efficacy and effectiveness of dental implants calls for economic evaluations to determine the economic efficiency of this technology for different indications. Such studies must be integrated with the clinical evaluations in order to produce the relevant data. In most cases, dental implants will produce a better outcome than the best alternative technology, but this improvement will only come at greater cost. Cost–benefit evaluations of dental implants must therefore address the difficult task of assessing the value of the improvement in oral health.

Type
Special Section: Assessing the Technology of Dentistry, Part II
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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