dentistry

branch of medicine dealing with oral health and teeth
Thing medical_specialty Q12128
dentistry
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dentistry

Summary

dentistry is a medical specialty[1]. dentistry draws 1,141 Wikipedia views per month (medical_specialty category, ranking #23 of 177).[2]

Key Facts

  • dentistry's instance of is recorded as medical specialty[3].
  • dentistry's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • dentistry is a type of medicine[5].
  • dentistry is a type of health care[6].
  • dentistry's Commons category is recorded as Dentistry[7].
  • dentistry's said to be the same as is recorded as oral medicine[8].
  • dentistry comprises clinical dentistry[9].
  • dentistry's Commons gallery is recorded as Dentistry[10].
  • dentistry's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Dentistry[11].
  • dentistry's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • dentistry's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • dentistry's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[14].
  • dentistry's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[15].
  • dentistry's topic has template is recorded as Template:Dentistry[16].
  • dentistry's different from is recorded as oral medicine[17].
  • dentistry's history of topic is recorded as history of dentistry[18].
  • dentistry's hashtag is recorded as dentistry[19].
  • dentistry's is the study of is recorded as tooth[20].
  • dentistry's exact match is recorded as https://schema.org/Dentistry[21].
  • dentistry's practiced by is recorded as dentist[22].
  • dentistry's practiced by is recorded as odontologist[23].
  • dentistry's practiced by is recorded as professor of dentistry[24].
  • dentistry's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[25].
  • dentistry's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26].
  • dentistry's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Dentistry[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include medical specialty[3] and academic discipline[4]. Recorded subclass of include medicine[5] and health care[6].

Use and Application

dentistry comprises clinical dentistry[9].

Why It Matters

dentistry draws 1,141 Wikipedia views per month (medical_specialty category, ranking #23 of 177).[2] dentistry has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] dentistry is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · TiagoLubiana · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template Template:Dentistry
    History of topic history of dentistry
    Different from oral medicine
    Subclass of medicine, health care
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14357]]: topic_3405, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289761833|Dentistry (#289761833)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]] #m"
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