dental surgeon
English edit
Noun edit
dental surgeon (plural dental surgeons)
- A dental specialist who performs the diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases, injuries, and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws, and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.
See also edit
- oral surgeon
- surgeon-dentist (historical)
Further reading edit
- “dental surgeon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “dental surgeon”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “dental surgeon” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “dental surgeon”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries