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The dental enterprise: its transition from xenodontic to biodontic dentistry
1School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut, USA. erossoma@nso2.uchc.edu
Abstract:
Throughout the twentieth century, dentistry advanced through the science of better inert reparative materials and their related techniques. Although the diffusion of consequent discoveries has been slow, the twenty-first century will be marked by a biologically grounded approach to oral health care. This transformation from a "xenodontic" to a biodontic model will be assisted by the cooperation of the entire dental enterprise and by students who are well prepared in the biological sciences.
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