Disciplines and Occupations

Public Health Dentistry

A dental specialty concerned with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of oral health through promoting organized dental health programs at a community, state, or federal level.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A dental specialty concerned with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of oral health through promoting organized dental health programs at a community, state, or federal level.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Dentistry, Public Health

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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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  1. H02w.163w.876w.770w
  2. N06.890w

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WU 450

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Public Health Dentistry. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011636. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011636
  2. Public Health Dentistry. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_public_health
  3. Public Health Dentistry. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4117950