Journal of
Dentistry and Oral Hygiene

  • Abbreviation: J. Dent. Oral Hyg.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2472
  • DOI: 10.5897/JDOH
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 138

Article in Press

Contribution to a Socioanthropology of Dentistry: From Current Technological Advances to New Perspectives

M. BOUABRÉ GNOKA MODESTE

  •  Received: 31 December 2023
  •  Accepted: 13 May 2025
Dental care provided by odontostomatologists is a key area of public health services. These actions bear the brunt of a continuous increase in legal regulations and professional standards for interconnection. This regulation is based on the studies of researchers. However , the empirical framework of dentistry, i.e. its field, is the subject of multidisciplinary reflection. Obviously, the field of odontostomatology is located at an interdisciplinary, even transdisciplinary, crossroads that challenges socioanthropology. Can socioanthropology then appear in the society of dental sciences with a relevant problem? Can it be distinguished from other sciences interested in the study of dental care? With the general objective of analyzing the challenge of social and cultural coherence affecting dentistry, the methodological framework of this study has resorted to "document mining" in order to choose documents where the occurrence of the analysis of this theme seems obvious, genetic and systemic analyses. The approaches made it possible to identify the outcomes articulated around dentistry as a common practice and as a new perspective .

Keywords: Socioanthropology, Dentistry, Current Technological, New Perspectives