Declarative knowledge in oral health: The case of the term 'centric occlusion'.

Introduction: The lack of academic agreement in the practical or clinical use of declarative knowledge can generate unnecessary confusion and miscommunication. The concept Centric Occlusion (CO) is part of the body of declarative knowledge in dentistry, but its definition remains unclear.

Objective: To ascertain the CO concept in articles published in dental journals as a study case for the dentistry "corpus" of declarative knowledge.