title: The dental enterprise: its transition from xenodontic to biodontic dentistry.
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.
authors.affiliation: School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut, USA. erossoma@nso2.uchc.edu
authors.forename: Edward F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Rossomando
mesh_terms: D003729:Dental Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials