preventive dentistry

The exhibition showed the best of British dental technology as well as featuring preventive dentistry.

What's the dentist's approach to preventive dentistry?

This was the first truly preventive dental practice of its type and helped to pioneer preventive dentistry.

Maryon studied preventive dentistry and nutrition at the Royal Dental Hospital in London.

Mr Jeremy Cowan, journal editor, said the contract's practical effect was to reduce preventive dentistry in favour of more extractions.

Mr Moore had recently discovered how lucrative preventive dentistry could be, and Mrs Moore was dressed accordingly.

M.D.S. (Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry)

In 1970 the concepts of preventive dentistry and the benefits which could accrue from it were very new and being practised by only a small proportion of the dental profession.

Tooth bonding techniques have various clinical applications including operative dentistry and preventive dentistry as well as cosmetic and pediatric dentistry, prosthodontics, and orthodontics.

In a description released by the association, Dr. Stookey, a professor of preventive dentistry, said a dentist could focus the light in the patient's mouth, using a device similar in size to the instruments used to clean teeth.

He was a founder of the preventive dentistry movement and established the first department of preventive dentistry at an American university, the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine.

In March 1962, the Dental Health Education and Research Foundation was established at the University of Sydney to promote the philosophy and practice of preventive dentistry and, in particular, communicate positive dental health messages to the general population.

In 1975, the nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz (CVN -68) was commissioned, with the most modern and capable dental facility afloat, supporting seven dental operating rooms, a prosthetic laboratory, central sterilization room, X-ray suite and preventive dentistry room.

Dr. Arden G. Christen, chairman of the department of preventive dentistry at the Indiana University School of Dentistry, points out that tobacco is in itself "a complete carcinogen," which can initiate cancer through direct contact with body tissues, as it does when chewed or dipped.

While dental experts may see the issue from the perspective of dental health, "nutritionists see the overall health perspective," said Dr. Carole Palmer, a co-head of the division of nutrition and preventive dentistry at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston.