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One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.

Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists. [R.]

The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.

A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.

Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.

, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.

y South African species of the same genus. -- Gold foil, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and others. See Gold leaf. -- Gold knobs or knoppes (Bot.), buttercups. -- Gold lace, a kind of lace, made of gold thread. -- Gold latten, a thin plate of gold or gilded metal. -- Gold leaf, gold beaten into a film of…

sed for graduated circles and verniers, for plating certain silver goods, and somewhat in dentistry. It was so named in 1804 by Wollaston from the asteroid Pallas, which was discovered in 1802. Symbol Pd. Atomic weight, 106.2.

ounted on a pivot or revolving carriage, so as to turn in any direction. -- Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.

ber cloth, cloth covered with caoutchouc for excluding water or moisture. -- Rubber dam (Dentistry), a shield of thin sheet rubber clasped around a tooth to exclude saliva from the tooth.

One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.

ne who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. Dunglison. -- Surgeon dentist, a dental surgeon; a dentist. -- Surgeon fish. See def. 2, above. -- Surgeon general. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of…

One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist. Shak.