51.0401 Dentistry
A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of dentistry/dental medicine, encompassing the evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area, and adjacent structures and their impact on the human body and health. Includes instruction in the basic biomedical sciences, occlusion, dental health and prevention, oral pathology, cariology, operative dentistry, oral radiology, principles of the various dental specialties, pain management, oral medicine, clinic and health care management, patient counseling, and professional standards and ethics.
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51.0401 in other classification systems
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- What is CIP 2020 51.0401?
- CIP 2020 51.0401 is "Dentistry". A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of dentistry/dental medicine, encompassing the evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area, and adjacent structures and their impact on the human body and health. Includes instruction in the basic biomedical sciences, occlusion, dental health and prevention, oral pathology, cariology, operative dentistry, oral radiology, principles of the various dental specialties, pain management, oral medicine, clinic and health care management, patient counseling, and professional standards and ethics.
- How does CIP 2020 51.0401 map to other classification systems?
- 51.0401 Dentistry has equivalents in SOC 2018 (25-1071, 29-1021); ISCED-F 2013 (0911). These crosswalks let you translate this code between CIP 2020 and 2 other classification systems.
- What is the parent category of 51.0401?
- 51.0401 Dentistry sits under 51.0401 Dentistry in the CIP 2020 hierarchy.
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