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dentistry

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dentistry
The healing science and art concerned with the structure and function of the oral-facial complex, and with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of deformities, pathoses, and traumatic injuries thereof. SYN: odontology, odontonosology.
- community d. public health d., with an academic base, emphasizing the professional obligation to foster the delivery of prevention, education, and care to populations.
- esthetic d. a field of d. concerned especially with the appearance of the dentition as achieved through its arrangement, form, and color.
- forensic d. 1. the relation and application of dental facts to legal problems, as in using the teeth for identifying the dead; 2. the law in its bearing on the practice of d.. SYN: dental jurisprudence, forensic odontology, legal d..
- legal d. SYN: forensic d..
- operative d. usually, the individual restoration of teeth by means of metallic or nonmetallic materials. SYN: restorative d..
- preventive d. a philosophy and method of dental practice that seeks to prevent the initiation, progression, and recurrence of dental disease.
- public health d. that specialty of d. concerned with the prevention and control of dental diseases and promotion of oral health through organized community efforts.
- restorative d. SYN: operative d..

Medical dictionary. 2011.

  
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