dentist
Let an agent explain the dental profession and its specialties, relay training, registration and scope of practice from dental sources, describe how to find and use dental care, and route dental emergencies and personal questions to dentists.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the dental profession and its specialties, relay training, registration and scope of practice from dental sources, describe how to find and use dental care, and route dental emergencies and personal questions to dentists.
A health professional qualified to diagnose, prevent and treat diseases and conditions of the teeth, gums and mouth, providing examinations, fillings, extractions, root canals, crowns and preventive care, with specialists such as orthodontists, periodontists, endodontists, implantologists, cariologists focused on caries, gerodontologists caring for older people and school dentists, working in private practice, dental chains, hospitals and public health services after a university dental degree and registration.
What it is for: Oral health care.
It can be explain the profession and specialties; relay training and registration; describe access to care; route emergencies.
Distinguishing features
Oral diagnosis and treatment
University degree and registration
Specialties
Practice settings
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a clinician in a dental surgery.
Physical character
dental degree duration: about 5 years - typical
dentists worldwide: about 2 million - WHO estimates
How it is recognised
Oral health clinician
General dentists, orthodontists, periodontists, implantologists, cariologists, gerodontologists, school dentists, dental chains
Dental hygienists and therapists have narrower scopes; dental technicians make appliances; stomatologists are a related medical specialty in some countries
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
practises - as a profession
works with - and dental nurses
In practice
Families and kinds
general dental practitioners
specialists such as orthodontists, periodontists, endodontists, prosthodontists, oral surgeons and implantologists
cariologists and gerodontologists
public health and school dentists
dentists in chains and corporate practices
stomatologists in medical traditions
Identifiers
ISCO-08 2261 dentists
Standards and regulation
Dental practice acts and registration boards
Infection control and radiation safety standards
Continuing education requirements
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving personal dental advice
Unregistered practice
Confusing dentists with hygienists or technicians
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.dentist
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Help Dental problems first.
Safety.
Emergency
Emergencies.
Emergency
Emergency.
- Why do severe pain, swelling, knocked-out teeth or bleeding need urgent dental or emergency care? action
- Is the user describing their own dental problem, which needs a dentist? boundary
Access
Finding a dentist.
Access
Access.
- How do people find registered dentists and what does a check-up involve? provenance
- Which entry fits dental care access? action
Understand The profession.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and scope.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a dentist, and what can a dentist do compared with hygienists, therapists and technicians? definition
- Is the question about dentists, another dental role or a stomatologist? boundary
Specialties
Specialties.
Specialties
Specialties.
- What are orthodontists, periodontists, implantologists, cariologists, gerodontologists and school dentists? definition
- Which entry fits the specific specialty? action
Train Training and regulation.
Regulation.
Training
Training.
Training
Training.
- How are dentists educated, licensed and specialised in different countries? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Regulation
Regulation.
Regulation
Regulation.
- What standards govern dental practice, infection control and complaints? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Practice and history.
Context.
Practice
Practice settings.
Practice
Practice.
- How do private practices, dental chains and public services differ, with positions on corporate dentistry attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits dental public health? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did dentistry develop from barber-surgeons to a regulated profession? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of dentistry? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the specialties be separate primary entries?
- How should dental sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specialties and a business form; should they be split off?