DYNAMICS OF NORMATIVE REGULATION IN DENTISTRY

Abstract

The functioning of society as an integral system, as well as the
activities of its individual social institutions, is based on the fundamental ability to
predict the behavior of the actors. Normative regulation, i.e. the impact of society
on the behavior of individuals through social norms, is one of the mechanisms
developed by society to solve the problem of uncertainty in the relationships in
which subjects are involved within the social structure or which they initiate to
implement their goals and objectives. In this article, the author examines issues
related to normative regulation in dentistry, considering within the framework of
dental disciplines, as well as sociology, sociology of medicine and others.