noun
dental medicine; dentistry
Formal academic term for the study and practice of dentistry, often used in university department names and professional contexts.
彼は歯科医学を学ぶために大学に進学した。
He entered university to study dental medicine.
歯科医学の進歩により、治療の痛みが大幅に軽減された。
Advances in dental medicine have greatly reduced the pain of treatment.
Compound of 歯科 (dental department) and 医学 (medical science). The term is a straightforward modern academic coinage.