title: Medical devices in dentistry.
abstract: Medical devices in dentistry have a long history of standardization at national, European, and international levels.  Testing and certification programmes are established in many countries.  The challenge for dentistry today is to upgrade and integrate the current systems to the requirements of the EC Directive for medical devices.
authors.affiliation: NIOM, Scandinavian Institute of Dental Materials, Haslum, Norway.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Mjör
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards; D003748:Dental Equipment / Q000592:standards*; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000592:standards*; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence