Cost–Benefit Evaluation of Dental Implants
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Vol. 6 (4), 545-557
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300004207
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.Keywords
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