dentistry

Definition

The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.

Etymology

From dentist + -ry.

Example Sentences

• "Some provision should be made for the truly suffering poor, and also for our present students of dentistry to learn something about dental surgery before commencing a profession which has almost become a science."
• "A corporation may not operate a dentistry office unless all of its stockholders are licensed to practice dentistry."
• "He was born near Middleton in 1853, graduated from Mount Allison, and took his dentistry degree at Philadelphia in 1878."