Stomatology technology is the name of the enrollment specialty of relevant higher vocational colleges stipulated by the Ministry of Education, aiming at cultivating students' professional core ability-basic operation skills of prosthodontics technology.
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In the 20th century, dentistry experienced the development to stomatology: dentistry experienced four development periods. 1728 The publication of the first dental monograph "Surgical Dentistry" marked the development from dentist to dentist. 184O, the first dental college in the United States was established, and dental education was independent from medical college, which made modern dentistry develop rapidly.
After the mid-20th century, the development of dentistry began to go beyond the category of dental diseases and extended to the whole chewing organ and oral and maxillofacial system. Dentistry developed into stomatology, and many national stomatological colleges were renamed as stomatological colleges, and stomatological research institutions were renamed as stomatological research institutions. Not long ago, the National Institute of Dentistry (NIDR) was renamed the National Institute of Dentistry and Craniofacial Studies (NIDCR).
Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Stomatology Technology