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J Am Dent Assoc, Vol 131, No 2, 145.
© 2000 American Dental Association

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LETTERS

DELEGATION A DISSERVICE?

I am disappointed by your publication of the article "Improving Treatment Plan Acceptance Using Staff-Driven Diagnostic Data Collection" (November JADA). Both patients and dentistry, as a profession, are done a disservice by the author’s suggestion that a diagnostic data collection be delegated to staff members.

I am concerned about the ability and qualifications of support staff to make observations of phenomena that I, as an experienced dentist, sometimes find very subtle. I fear that the suggestions you have published place dentistry on a slippery slope.



Michael C. Preston, D.D.S.

Castro Valley, Calif.



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