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Dentistry Specialties

Dentists
From 2014-2015 Occupational Outlook Handbook
entists diagnose and treat problems with a patient’s teeth, gums, and related parts of the mouth. They provide advice and instruction on taking care of teeth and gums and on diet choices that affect oral health.
Dental Assisting
From Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Dental assistants are part of the dental health care team. They assist dentists in delivering oral health care to patients.
Dental Hygienist
From Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health Dental hygiene is the profession of cleaning teeth and helping patients maintain oral health. Dental hygienists are licensed professionals—key members of the dental health care team that provide educational, clinical, and therapeutic dental services, such as preventive care, dental examinations, and instruction about how patients can better care for their teeth and gums.
Oral Surgery
From Black's Medical Dictionary, 42nd Edition
A branch of surgery that treats deformities, injuries or diseases of the TEETH and JAW, as well as other areas of the face and mouth. Surgeons doing this work are usually qualified dentists who have done further training in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Orthodontics
From The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language
The dental specialty dealing with correction of irregularities of the teeth, such as malocclusion, often by the use of braces..

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Health Reference Series: Dental Care and Oral Health Sourcebook
Dental Care and Oral Health Sourcebook, Fourth Edition offers updated information about mouth and tooth care guidelines for effective hygiene, nutrition, and decay prevention. Topics such as tooth pain, dental fillings, endodontic treatments, pediatric preventive treatments, temporomandibular joint and muscle (TMJ) disorder, other jaw disorders, and health conditions that impact oral health are also addressed. The book concludes with guidelines for finding and financing dental care, a glossary of dental care terms, and directories with further information about dental care and oral health services.
Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions
Be it dentistry, dental assisting, or dental hygiene, Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions, Second Edition is the go-to resource for all students and professionals in the dental field. This dictionary contains definitions for thousands of terms relevant to all dental professions, including dentistry, and includes hundreds of illustrations most in full color. Appendices include tooth numbering systems; dental imaging errors; guidelines for infection control in dental health care settings; weights and measures; medical prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms; medical and dental abbreviations; abbreviations used in medication orders; laboratory reference range values; and professional organizations.

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Dentistry: Topic Page
The treatment and prevention of diseases of the mouth and teeth; with medicine and nursing, one of the major health professions.

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Health in Credo: Dentistry

Dentistry Specialties

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