What is ISO 1942 about?
ISO 1942 defines terms used in dental product standards.
ISO 1942 aims to facilitate the standard development process and the comprehension of standards, and to improve communication with the FDI World Dental Federation, the World Health Organization and other organizations interested in standardization.
Who is ISO 1942 for?
ISO 1942 on terms used in dental product standards is relevant to: 
- Medical professionals
- Hospitals
- Medical students
Why should you use ISO 1942?
ISO 1942 is cited in Clause 2 of most of the ISO documents in the field of dentistry. Its content, therefore, is fundamental for the proper understanding of those documents. It is also important to understand the terms and definitions in ISO 1942 when a new standard is developed, or existing standards are revised in ISO/TC 106.
Reading and understanding dental product standards can get difficult and tricky, ISO 1942 solves that problem by defining terms used in dental product standards. This will enable you to make the most of the dentistry standards you will plan to use further down the road and apply the knowledge from the standard into real-world situations.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN ISO 1942:2020 supersedes BS EN ISO 1942:2010, which is withdrawn.
The main change BS EN ISO 1942:2020 has compared to BS EN ISO 1942:2010 is a systematic arrangement of terminology necessary for the development of standards related to dentistry according to ISO directives has been integrated.
