Editing Dentistry (section)

== Ethical and medicolegal issues ==
Dentistry is unique in that it requires dental students to have competence-based clinical skills that can only be acquired through supervised specialized laboratory training and direct patient care.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-03-17|title=Union workers build high-tech dental simulation laboratory for SIU dental school|url=https://labortribune.com/union-workers-build-high-tech-dental-simulation-laboratory-for-siu-dental-school/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=The Labor Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref> This necessitates the need for a scientific and professional basis of care with a foundation of extensive research-based education.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Slavkin|first=Harold C.|date=January 2012|title=Evolution of the scientific basis for dentistry and its impact on dental education: past, present, and future|journal=Journal of Dental Education|volume=76|issue=1|pages=28–35|doi=10.1002/j.0022-0337.2012.76.1.tb05231.x|issn=1930-7837|pmid=22262547}}</ref> According to some experts, the accreditation of dental schools can enhance the quality and professionalism of dental education.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Formicola|first1=Allan J.|last2=Bailit|first2=Howard L.|last3=Beazoglou|first3=Tryfon J.|last4=Tedesco|first4=Lisa A.|date=February 2008|title=The interrelationship of accreditation and dental education: history and current environment|journal=Journal of Dental Education|volume=72|issue=2 Suppl|pages=53–60|doi=10.1002/j.0022-0337.2008.72.2_suppl.tb04480.x|issn=0022-0337|pmid=18250379}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adee.org/|title=The first 25 year [Internet] Ireland: ADEE (Association for Dental Education in Europe)|last=Carrrassi|first=A.|date=2019|website=Association for Dental Education in Europe|access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref>