Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 122-126 , June 2007

Quality Management in Orthodontic Practice

  • Bregje de Bondt

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Orthodontics, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • ,
  • Andrej Zentner

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthodontics, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Andrej Zentner, BDS, PhD, Dr habil, FDSRCS, Department of Orthodontics, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Louwesweg 1, 1066 Amsterdam EA, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 (0)20 5188 524

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PII: S1073-8746(07)00015-1

doi: 10.1053/j.sodo.2007.03.008

Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 122-126 , June 2007