title: [The role dental profession can play in mass casualty and disaster events].
abstract: A study of the dental professional action to the struggle for the mass casualty and disaster events was reported. The dental professional first aid and care, triage of casualties, maxillofacial surgery, forensic odontology to the struggle for the mass casualty and disaster events were discussed. The dental profession personals must make the more specific contribution in the mass casualty and disaster events in the future.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Preventive Dentistry, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D003815:Dentists; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D006801:Humans; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents; D024382:Professional Role; D014218:Triage