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dentistry

Also known as dental medicine, oral medicine, dentista, Dental Medicine

thumb|upright|An oral surgeon and [[dental assistant removing a wisdom tooth]]

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Dentistry is a field associated with the Commons category and gallery of the same name. It is identified by the hashtag "dentistry" and has an exact match with the schema.org definition for Dentistry. The subject is also linked to a specific WordLift URL for entity data.

In academic contexts, the term appears in 811,841 PubMed records under the query "dentistry." Additionally, the concept is referenced by 2,344 other encyclopedia articles within the Vinony graph.

Synthesized by Vinony from 8 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

Occupation.name: Dentistry
Occupation.image: 220px
Occupation.caption: A dentist treats a patient with the help of a dental assistant.
Occupation.type: Profession
Occupation.activity_sector: Health care, anatomy, physiology, pathology, medicine, pharmacology, surgery
Occupation.formation: Dental degree
Medical intervention.ICD9: -
Medical intervention.MeshID: D003813

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Research

811,841 papers

Minimally invasive dentistry.ReviewJournal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2003Murdoch-Kinch CA, McLean MEDOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2003.0021
Dentistry's Great Awakening.Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice · 2018Wilkerson DC 3rdDOI: 10.1080/08869634.2018.1456171
Dentistry's need for a strong evidence base.Evidence-based dentistry · 2023Kay EDOI: 10.1038/s41432-023-00920-5
Equipment for Exotic Animal Dentistry.ReviewThe veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice · 2025Gawor JPDOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2025.04.004
Centring anti-oppressive justice: Re-envisioning dentistry's social contract.ReviewCommunity dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2023Fleming E, Smith CS, Quiñonez CRDOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12854
Dentistry's future.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2018Cohen LK, Dahlen G, Escobar A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.adaj.2018.07.011
Role of Dentistry in Interprofessional Primary Care.ReviewJDR clinical and translational research · 2025West KP, Stewart J, Pyle MADOI: 10.1177/23800844251328684
Dentistry's Role in Assessing and Managing Controlled Substance Risk: Historical Overview, Current Barriers, and Working Toward Best Practices.ReviewDental clinics of North America · 2020Dhadwal S, Kulich RJ, Monga P et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2020.02.002

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: academic discipline
Subclass of: health care
Image: Dental surgery aboard USS Eisenhower, January 1990.JPEG
Said to be same as: oral medicine

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is the study of: tooth
Commons category: Dentistry
topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Dentistry
Commons gallery: Dentistry
history of topic: history of dentistry
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
different from: oral medicine
P8168: Zyta Rudzka
WordLift URL: data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/dentistry
exact match: schema.org/Dentistry
topic has template: Template:Dentistry
hashtag: dentistry

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections

Contents

Etymology
Dental treatment
Education and licensing
Continuing education
Specialties {{anchor|Specialities}}
History
Modern dentistry
Hazards in modern dentistry
Noise
Chemical hazards
Disinfectants
Mercury
Methacrylate
Nickel
Evidence-based dentistry
Digitalization of dentistry
Ethical and medicolegal issues
See also
Notes
References
External links

thumb|upright|An oral surgeon and [[dental assistant removing a wisdom tooth]]

Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the mouth, most commonly focused on dentition (the development and arrangement of teeth) as well as the oral mucosa. Dentistry may also encompass other aspects of the craniofacial complex including the temporomandibular joint. The practitioner is called a dentist.

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