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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Association between interleukin 1 gene cluster polymorphisms and bilateral distal interphalangeal osteoarthritis.

12 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of the interleukin 1 gene (IL1) cluster polymorphisms and their haplotypes with bilateral distal interphalangeal joint osteoarthritis (DIP OA). METHODS: Radiographs of both hands of 295 dentists and 248 teachers ... Read more...

Dental therapists and dental hygienists educated for the New Zealand environment.

30 Jul 2009 New Zealand has a long history of dental care provided by school dental nurses, now known as dental therapists. The nature of their training courses, although delivered in different centers, had remained relatively constant until 1999 when ... Read more...

Camelid herd health.

29 Jun 2009 The area of herd health is particularly important when considering camelid operations because of the high frequency of travel for exhibition, breeding, and boarding. This article outlines the considerations for routine husbandry, facility and animal ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Dentistry'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Filling a dental void in rural Wisconsin. 30 Aug 2009
• Moderate sedation. 30 Aug 2009
• Association between interleukin 1 gene cluster polymorphisms and bilateral distal interphalangeal osteoarthritis. 12 Aug 2009
• A changing profession. 30 Jul 2009
• Cottages no more. 30 Jul 2009
• Dental therapists and dental hygienists educated for the New Zealand environment. 30 Jul 2009
• Sitting in someone else's chair: dentistry in Norway. 29 Jun 2009
• Camelid herd health. 29 Jun 2009
• Dental workforce. 29 Jun 2009
• How dental care can preserve and improve oral health. 29 Jun 2009
• Of hearts and heads. 25 Jun 2009
• Standardising dental processes. 11 Jun 2009
• Dentistry's future debated. 11 Jun 2009
• New Zealand's changing oral health workforce. A dental practitioner's guide to dual-trained dental therapists/dental hygienists. 30 May 2009
• In vitro evaluation of the biomedical properties of chitosan and quaternized chitosan for dental applications. 16 May 2009
• 2D image registration using focused mutual information for application in dentistry. 3 May 2009
• Can we keep up with Barbie? 29 Apr 2009
• Our candidate Dr. Ray Gist answers your questions about the ADA. 29 Apr 2009
• Practice-based research networks and their impact on dentistry: creating a pathway for change in the profession. 29 Apr 2009
• Basic principles for use of dental cone beam computed tomography: consensus guidelines of the European Academy of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Dentistry'

Definition: 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.

Descriptor UI: D003813

Alternative terms: Dentistry;

Related Mesh Headings: Dental Equipment; Dental Instruments; Economics, Dental; Education, Dental; History of Dentistry; Legislation, Dental; Oral Medicine;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; veterinary;

Tree Number: E06; H02.163;

Online Note: pre-explosion = DENTISTRY (PX)

History Note: AVIATION DENTISTRY was heading 1965-79

Technical Notes: specialty; /instrum = DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT or other specifics; /legislation & jurisprudence = LEGISLATION, DENTAL or DENTISTRY (IM) + JURISPRUDENCE (IM) or FORENSIC DENTISTRY; /man permissible but consider also DENTISTS /supply; veterinary dentistry = DENTISTRY /vet (IM) + VETERINARY MEDICINE (IM)