title: Licensure based upon graduation or the real issue in protecting the public.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, College of Dentistry, Lexington 40536-0084.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Nash
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000592:standards*; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008005:Licensure, Dental; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States