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Need for Technology Assessment in Oral Health Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Harald Löe
Affiliation:
National Institute of Dental Research

Extract

Technology today is often seen as the tail wagging the dog. Discoveries or inventions are made, new devices or techniques are developed, and the move to capitalize on them follows immediately. This rush to market is especially evident in the United States, where there is a long-established tradition of investing in technological advances to deal with problems in science and health.

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

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