Orthodontics in relation to general dentistry.
1947
J H HOVELL
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009970
Orthodontics
A dental specialty concerned with the prevention and correction of dental and oral anomalies (malocclusion).
D003729
Dental Care
The total of dental diagnostic, preventive, and restorative services provided to meet the needs of a patient (from Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982).
Care, Dental
D003813
Dentistry
The profession concerned with the teeth, oral cavity, and associated structures, and the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases including prevention and the restoration of defective and missing tissue.
D005792
General Practice, Dental
Nonspecialized dental practice which is concerned with providing primary and continuing dental care.
Dental General Practice,Dental General Practices,General Practices, Dental,Practice, Dental General,Practices, Dental General
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man