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dental practice [1 record]

Record 1 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
DEF

The rendering of services aiming to prevent, alleviate or cure a dental disease, and to repair or correct a dental anomaly or defect.

OBS

HOHEA: Hogarth, J. Glossary of health care terminology. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1978. (Public Health in Europe, No. 4).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
CONT

Si la pratique dentaire demeure fondée essentiellement sur la pratique technique ou chirurgicale, la prescription médicamenteuse est un acte médical associé.

OBS

L'anglais n'a qu'un mot «practice» pour traduire exercice et pratique quand il s'agit de l'art médical. Le mot exercice a un sens juridique. Il se rapporte au droit qu'a le médecin, lorsqu'il a satisfait aux conditions exigées, de soigner des malades [...]

Spanish

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