Concept information
Preferred term
dentistry
Definition(s)
- Medical specialists who deal with the teeth. They are unique among the healthcare occupations in their independence from medical control, having the right to carry out surgery, and to prescribe and administer drugs. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Dentistry]
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
- dental air abrasion
- dental anesthesia
- dental atraumatic restorative treatment
- dental bonding
- dental care
- dental debonding
- dental equipment
- dental esthetics
- dental general practice
- dental high-speed technique
- dental implantation
- dental infection control
- dental models
- dental occlusion
- dental pins
- dental polishing
- dental research
- dental specialties
- dental stress analysis
- dental surgery
- dental technology
- endodontics
- evidence-based dentistry
- forensic dentistry
- geriatric dentistry
- intraoral electrogalvanism
- jaw relation record
- military dentistry
- mouth rehabilitation
- myofunctional therapy
- occupational dentistry
- odontometry
- operative dentistry
- oral diagnosis
- oral medicine
- oral pathology
- oral surgery
- orthodontics
- pediatric dentistry
- periodontics
- preventive dentistry
- prosthodontics
- school dentistry
- tooth preparation
- tooth remineralization
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-G09HWR1N-1
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