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Introduction to Dentistry and Oral Health

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Dentistry is believed to be the oldest speciality of Medicine which underwent continuous evolution to emerge as one of the avant-garde domain. Inarguably, good oral health is integral to general health and wellbeing. This chapter provides an illuminating introduction to Dentistry and Oral health. Besides the accredited definitions, this chapter explores the history of dentistry along with the technological evolution through ages and the current specialities of Dentistry. It also sheds light on the key facts of Oral Health and Oral Health Literacy in addition to the determinants.

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  2. IntelliDent AI, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Sreelekshmi Vivek Bekal

  3. Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

    Hesham Fathi Ahmed Marei, Walid Shaaban Moustafa Elsayed, Dusan Surdilovic & Lubna Abdel Jawad

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Shaikh, K., Vivek Bekal, S., Marei, H.F.A., Elsayed, W.S.M., Surdilovic, D., Jawad, L.A. (2023). Introduction to Dentistry and Oral Health. In: Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19715-4_1

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