Dentistry in Japan should become a specialty of medicine with dentists educated as oral physicians

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1077-1083

  Tanaka, Kenzo ^a   Honda, Takeshi ^b   Kitamura, Kenji ^b  

^a Fukuoka Dental Foundation   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dentistry in Japan; Oral medicine; Oral physician

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICINE; STOMATOLOGY;

DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; GERIATRIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; JAPAN; ORAL MEDICINE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 54049154736     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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