QUALITY MEASURES IN DENTISTRY- A NARRATIVE REVIEW

Dr. Angelin Mary L.*

In the global scenario, the rise in population has simultaneously augmented the need for health care services. Measurement is a robust foundation of evaluation to improve the quality of health care services. The main motive of a good measure are to enhance research, accountability, and care quality. The classic evaluation model given by Donabedian describes the quality assurance under three ideas: structure, process, and outcome. Cost is one facet of a dental care program's quality that is directly tied to its capacity to meet its objectives. For dental care, the quality assessment metrics can also be assessed by evaluation of restorations and patient satisfaction questionnaires. Dental Healthcare Service Providers must commence quality systems to implement ongoing improvements in order to be competitive with the rest of the world. Finally, the fundamental obligation is to ensure that public should get benefits as much as possible from the quality measurements.