Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Oral Medicine

A branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the oral and paraoral structures and the oral management of systemic diseases. (Hall, What is Oral Medicine, Anyway? Clinical Update: National Naval Dental Center, March 1991, p7-8)

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Abstract

A branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the oral and paraoral structures and the oral management of systemic diseases. (Hall, What is Oral Medicine, Anyway? Clinical Update: National Naval Dental Center, March 1991, p7-8)

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Medicine, Oral
  • Stomatology

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Aspects Covered

13 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

"a branch of dentistry dealing with dis of the oral and paraoral struct and the oral management of system dis"; SPEC; entry term STOMATOLOGY: seen most often in foreign lit: translate as "oral medicine"; "stomatol dis" = MOUTH DISEASES

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History Note

97; was see DENTISTRY 1980-96; STOMATOLOGY was see DENTISTRY 1989-96

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Previous Indexing

  • Dentistry (1966-1996)

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  1. E06w.640w
  2. H02w.163w.670w

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WU 21

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Oral Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019242. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019242
  2. Oral Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_medicine
  3. Oral Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3673891