Occupation or Discipline
dentistry Audio
den·tis·try [ den-tuh-stree ]
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Health Occupations
Definitions related to dentistry:
  • A clinical specialty responsible for the maintenance of teeth and the oral cavity, and for the medical management of any diseases or disorders associated with these tissues.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Profession concerned with the teeth, oral cavity, and associated structures, and the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases including prevention and the restoration of defective and missing tissue.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The profession concerned with the teeth, oral cavity, and associated structures, and the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases including prevention and the restoration of defective and missing tissue.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Dentistry, the profession concerned with the prevention and treatment of oral disease, including diseases of the teeth and supporting structures and diseases of the soft tissues of the mouth. Dentistry also encompasses the treatment and correction of malformation of the jaws, misalignment of the...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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