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dentistry The practice of dentistry involves preventing, diagnosing, and treating oral disease, as well as correcting deformities of the jaws, teeth, and oral cavity.

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Ralph A. Connor
Professor of Pediatric and Community Dentistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., 1971–72. Chief, Dental Health Division, Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare, Ottawa, 1963–71.
Ralph A. Connor,
Malvin E. Ring
Professor Emeritus of Dental History and Literature at the School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo.
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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 teeth, and birth anomalies of the oral cavity such as cleft palate. In addition to general practice, dentistry includes many specialties and subspecialties, including orthodontics and dental orthopedics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral and maxillofacial pathology, endodontics, public health dentistry, and oral and maxillofacial radiology. Dentistry, in some form, has been practiced ...(100 of 7242 words)

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