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Geriatric dentistry in the predoctoral curriculum. 1985

J Moshman, and G B Warren, and D H Blandford, and L Aumack

Moshman Associates, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland.

A survey was conducted among U.S. dental schools to determine the status of geriatric dentistry in the curriculum. Since a comparable, independent study was done in 1979, there has been significant growth in formalized didactic courses and less reliance on incorporating geriatric content as lectures or other components of existing courses. The growth in specialized courses was accompanied by an increased tendency to supplement the clinical topics with others relating to social and behavioral aspects of treating geriatric patients.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011647	Puerto Rico	An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is San Juan. It is a self-governing commonwealth in union with the United States. It was discovered by Columbus in 1493 but no colonization was attempted until 1508. It belonged to Spain until ceded to the United States in 1898. It became a commonwealth with autonomy in internal affairs in 1952. Columbus named the island San Juan for St. John's Day, the Monday he arrived, and the bay Puerto Rico, rich harbor. The island became Puerto Rico officially in 1932. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p987 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p436)
D003479	Curriculum	A course of study offered by an educational institution.	Curricula,Short-Term Courses,Course, Short-Term,Courses, Short-Term,Short Term Courses,Short-Term Course
D004497	Education, Dental	Use for articles concerning dental education in general.	Dental Education
D005179	Faculty, Dental	The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a dental school.	Dental Faculties,Dental Faculty,Faculties, Dental
D005850	Geriatric Dentistry	The branch of dentistry concerned with the dental problems of older people.	Dentistry, Geriatric
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012575	Schools, Dental	Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of dentistry.	Dental Schools,Dental School,School, Dental
D013663	Teaching	A formal and organized process of transmitting knowledge to a person or group.	Teaching Method,Training Activity,Training Technique,Academic Training,Educational Technics,Educational Techniques,Pedagogy,Teaching Methods,Technics, Educational,Techniques, Educational,Training Activities,Training Technics,Training Techniques,Activities, Training,Activity, Training,Educational Technic,Educational Technique,Method, Teaching,Methods, Teaching,Pedagogies,Technic, Educational,Technic, Training,Technics, Training,Technique, Educational,Technique, Training,Techniques, Training,Training Technic,Training, Academic
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.