title: International dental standards--order out of chaos?
abstract: The history, scope, structural components, generation, and purpose of international dental standards are concisely surveyed by three researchers active in standards development.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Standards have an important role to play within dental materials research alongside more specialist scientific instruments and methods. For all that are concerned with the wider business and safety issues of manufacture, marketing, selection and use of dental biomaterials and devices, knowledge of the vital role of standards is indispensable.
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Della Bona
authors.forename: Wayne T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Wozniak
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Watts
mesh_terms: D003748:Dental Equipment / Q000592:standards*; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials