Pediatric Dentistry
The practice of dentistry concerned with the dental problems of children, proper maintenance, and treatment. The dental care may include the services provided by dental specialists.
Education, Dental, Graduate
Dental Care for Children
Dentistry
Faculty, Dental
Schools, Dental
Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of dentistry.
General Practice, Dental
Deep Sedation
Hydrocarbons, Iodinated
Behavior Control
Dental Prophylaxis
Treatment for the prevention of periodontal diseases or other dental diseases by the cleaning of the teeth in the dental office using the procedures of DENTAL SCALING and DENTAL POLISHING. The treatment may include plaque detection, removal of supra- and subgingival plaque and calculus, application of caries-preventing agents, checking of restorations and prostheses and correcting overhanging margins and proximal contours of restorations, and checking for signs of food impaction.
Societies, Dental
Societies whose membership is limited to dentists.
Students, Dental
Suburban Health Services
Endodontics
Tooth, Deciduous
Formocresols
Dental Research
Orthodontics
Dental Audit
Dentists
Individuals licensed to practice DENTISTRY.
Dental Restoration, Permanent
A restoration designed to remain in service for not less than 20 to 30 years, usually made of gold casting, cohesive gold, or amalgam. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Tooth, Unerupted
Dental Caries
History of Dentistry
Dentistry, Operative
That phase of clinical dentistry concerned with the restoration of parts of existing teeth that are defective through disease, trauma, or abnormal development, to the state of normal function, health, and esthetics, including preventive, diagnostic, biological, mechanical, and therapeutic techniques, as well as material and instrument science and application. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 2d ed, p237)
Molar
The most posterior teeth on either side of the jaw, totaling eight in the deciduous dentition (2 on each side, upper and lower), and usually 12 in the permanent dentition (three on each side, upper and lower). They are grinding teeth, having large crowns and broad chewing surfaces. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p821)
Geriatric Dentistry
The branch of dentistry concerned with the dental problems of older people.
Evidence-Based Dentistry
An approach or process of practicing oral health care that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinical relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient's oral and medical condition and history, with the dentist's clinical expertise and the patient's treatment needs and preferences. (from J Am Dent Assoc 134: 689, 2003)
Internship and Residency
Public Health Dentistry
Community Dentistry
The practice of dentistry concerned with preventive as well as diagnostic and treatment programs in a circumscribed population.
Ethics, Dental
Military Dentistry
The practice of dentistry as applied to special circumstances associated with military operations.
State Dentistry
American Dental Association
Professional society representing the field of dentistry.