Disciplines and Occupations

Dental Specialties

Various branches of dental practice limited to specialized areas.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Various branches of dental practice limited to specialized areas.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Dental Specialty
  • Specialties, Dental
  • Specialty, Dental

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with field or subject but note specifics

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History Note

68

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Previous Indexing

  • Dentistry (1966-1967)
  • Specialism (1966-1967)

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  1. H02w.163w.876w

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NLM Classification

WU 21

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dental Specialties. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013039. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013039
  2. Dental Specialties. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_specialty
  3. Dental Specialties. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7574929