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WU Dentistry. Oral Surgery
	WU 1-49 Reference Works. General Works
	WU 50-95 Ethics. Professional Practice and Personnel. Records
	WU 100-113.7 Anatomy. Physiology. Hygiene
	WU 140-166 Diseases. Injuries. Technology. Therapeutics
	WU 170-190 Dental Chemistry and Materials
	WU 210-290 Dental Anatomy. Diseases
	WU 300-360 Operative Dentistry
	WU 400-440 Orthodontics
	WU 460-495 Special Patient Groups
	WU 500-530 Prosthodontics
	WU 600-640 Oral Surgery
	Reference Works. General Works

WU 1	Societies (Cutter from name of society) (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc., in W1.
	Collected works (General)
WU 5	By several authors
WU 7	By individual authors

WU 9	Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)

WU 11	History (Table G)
WU 11.1	General coverage (Not Table G)

WU 13	Dictionaries. Encyclopedias (Used for both monographs and serials)

WU 15	Classification. Terminology (Used for both monographs and serials)

WU 16	Tables. Statistics (Used for both monographs and serials)

WU 17	Atlases. Pictorial works
	Classify atlases limited to a particular part of the system with the part in the form number for atlases where available, e.g., WU 317, WU 417, WU 507, or WU 600.7.

WU 18	Education
	Classify here works about education.

WU 18.2	Educational materials (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

WU 18.5	Education of dental assistants, hygienists, and technicians

WU 19	Schools and colleges (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Classify courses of study, catalogs, etc., in W 19.5.

WU 20	Graduate and continuing dental education (including fellowships, internships, residencies, etc.)

WU 20.5	Dental research (General)
	Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.

WU 21	Dentistry as a profession. Peer review

WU 22	Directories (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WU 22.1	General coverage (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Laboratories, institutes, etc.
WU 23	Collective
WU 24	Individual (Cutter from name of institution)

WU 24.5	Banks (Table G)
WU 24.51	General coverage (Not Table G)

WU 25	Laboratory manuals (General). Technique
	Classify manuals of prosthetic dentistry in WU 500-530.

WU 26	Equipment and supplies (General)
	Classify catalogs in W 26; works on dental materials in WU 180-190; on orthodontic appliances in WU 426.

WU 26.5	Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)
	Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
	Hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc.
WU 27	Collective (Table G)
WU 27.1	General coverage (Not Table G)
WU 28	Individual (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table G)
	Museums, exhibitions, etc.
WU 28.5	Collective
WU 28.6	Individual (Cutter from name of museum, etc.)

WU 29	Dental care and health. Dental infection control
	Cf. W 260 Dental insurance; WC 195 for general works on infection control; WX 167 for hospital infection control.

WU 30	Surveys

WU 32	Laws (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WU 32.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WU 33	Discussion of law (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WU 33.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)

[WU 39]	[This number not used]
	Classify handbooks on dentistry in WU 49.
WU 40	Licensure of dentists and dental hygienists (Table G)
WU 40.1	General coverage (Not Table G)
WU 44	Malpractice (Table G)
WU 44.1	General coverage (Not Table G)

WU 49	Handbooks. Resource guides (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Ethics. Professional Practice and Personnel. Records

WU 50	Dental ethics

WU 58	Advertising

WU 61	Dentists' social relations. Attitude
	Classify here work on relations with patients, the public, physicians, etc.

WU 77	Dental economics. Practice management
WU 79	Group practice. Partnership practice

WU 80	Popular works (General)
	Classify works for children in WU 113.6

WU 90	Auxiliary personnel (e.g., Duties, professional opportunities, work manuals)
	Classify works on dental technicians in WU 150.

WU 95	Dental records
	Anatomy. Physiology. Hygiene

WU 100	General works
	Classify works on specialty and on the specialty and diseases here. Classify works on diseases alone in WU 140. Include here works about dentistry written for practitioners of other specialties.

WU 101	Anatomy. Histology. Morphology. Embryology
	Include works on the jaw.

WU 101.5	Malformations and abnormalities of jaws, mouth, and/or teeth (General)

WU 102	Physiology (e.g., Mastication)
	Include works on the jaw.

WU 105	Dental emergencies (General)

WU 113	Oral health and hygiene. Preventive and prophylactic dentistry
	Classify here works on school education and prophylactic programs. Cf. WA 350 School dental services. Classify popular works for the adult in WU 80.
WU 113.6	Works for and about children
	Classify general works on pediatric dentistry in WU 480.
WU 113.7	Nutrition and oral health (General)
	Cf. WU 270 Caries. Etiology of caries.
	Diseases. Injuries. Technology. Therapeutics

WU 140	Stomatognathic diseases (General). Oral pathology
	Classify works on mouth diseases written for the dentist here; classify works for the gastroenterologist in WI 200; classify works on jaw diseases alone in WU 140.5.

WU 140.5	Jaw diseases
	Classify here works on temporomandibular joint syndrome also. Cf. WU 600-610 Injuries and surgery of the jaw.
WU 141	Examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods (General). Monitoring
	Classify works on X-ray diagnosis in WN 230.
WU 141.5	Specific diagnostic methods, A-Z
WU 141.5.C3	Cephalometry
WU 141.5.O2	Odontometry

WU 150	Dental technology (General). Dental technicians
	Classify works on technology for particular procedures with that procedure.

WU 158	Oral and dental injuries (General)
	Classify works on maxillofacial injuries and jaw fractures and dislocations in WU 610.

WU 166	Oral and dental therapeutics
	Dental Chemistry and Materials

WU 170	Dental chemistry (General)

WU 180	Dental alloys and metals

WU 190	Dental materials (General or not elsewhere classified)
	Dental Anatomy. Diseases

WU 210	Dentition

WU 220	Enamel. Dentin

WU 230	Dental pulp. Tooth root. Dental cementum. Root canals. Endodontics
	Classify works on reimplantation in WU 640.

WU 240	Periodontium. Alveolar process. Gingiva (Periodontics)
WU 242	Periodontitis and related diseases

WU 250	Dental deposits

WU 270	Caries. Etiology of caries. Effect of fluoridation

WU 280	Oral and dental neoplasms

WU 290	Oral manifestations
	Classify works on oral manifestations of specific diseases with the disease.
	Operative Dentistry

WU 300	General works

WU 317	Atlases

WU 350	Cavities. Cavity treatment

WU 360	Inlays
	Orthodontics

WU 400	General works

WU 417	Atlases

WU 426	Orthodontic appliances

WU 440	Occlusion. Malocclusion
	Special Patient Groups

WU 460	Dental care for the chronically ill

WU 470	Dental care for the disabled

WU 480	Pediatric dentistry. Dental care for children

WU 490	Geriatric dentistry. Dental care for the aged

WU 495	Military dentistry
	Prosthodontics
	Classify works on cleft palate prosthesis in WV 440; on maxillofacial and mandibular prosthesis in WU 600.

WU 500	General works. Dental prosthesis (General)

WU 507	Atlases

WU 515	Partial dentures. Bridges. Crowns

WU 530	Complete dentures
	Oral Surgery

WU 600	General works
	Cf. WO 460 Anesthesia in dentistry. Include here general works on mandibular and maxillofacial prosthesis.

WU 600.7	Atlases

WU 605	Tooth extraction

WU 610	Maxillofacial injuries. Mandibular injuries. Fractures and dislocations of the jaw

WU 640	Dental implantation. Tooth reimplantation. Transplantation