Abstract
The situation that we, the clinicians, face is becoming increasingly unsettling. For this reason, incorporating a system of health care in our daily practice that is outside the coverage of health insurance is unavoidable not only to increase income at a dental clinic but also to improve the quality of care covered by health insurance and to establish a dental clinic that will be preferred by more patients. To promote this type of practice, it is essential that clinicians continually strive to acquire new knowledge and improve their therapeutic techniques based on evidence-based medicine (EBM) . In addition, we propose the management of a medical practice that is financed by each patient, which is based on human-based medicine (HBM, i.e., humane medical care for people practiced by people) . By applying HBM, we believe that the image of a dental clinic can be improved and medical care outside the framework of health insurance will be more favorably accepted by the public.
