The social sciences and dentistry: current influence and future opportunity.
1981
P Davis
UI
MeSH Term
Description
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D003752
Dental Health Services
Services designed to promote, maintain, or restore dental health.
Health Services, Dental,Services, Dental Health,Dental Health Service,Health Service, Dental,Service, Dental Health
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.
D004813
Epidemiology
Field concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.
Social Epidemiology,Epidemiologies, Social,Epidemiology, Social,Social Epidemiologies
D005544
Forecasting
The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology.
Futurology,Projections and Predictions,Future,Predictions and Projections
D012942
Social Sciences
Disciplines concerned with the interrelationships of individuals in a social environment including social organizations and institutions. Includes Sociology and Anthropology.