dental surgeon

dental surgeon (plural dental surgeons)

1. 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.

• oral surgeon
• surgeon-dentist (historical)

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• “dental surgeon”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
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• “dental surgeon”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries