- dentistry, dental medicine, odontology - the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth
--1 is a kind of medicine, medical specialty
--1 has particulars:cosmetic dentistry; dental surgery; endodontics, endodontia; orthodontics, orthodontia, orthodonture, dental orthopedics, dental orthopaedics; periodontics, periodontia; prosthodontics, prosthodontia