dental medicine; dentistry
Formal academic term for the study and practice of dentistry, often used in university department names and professional contexts.
He entered university to study dental medicine.
Advances in dental medicine have greatly reduced the pain of treatment.
歯学 is a broader term for dentistry as a science, while 歯科医学 specifically emphasizes the medical and clinical aspects of dental care.
歯科 refers to the dental department or field in general, whereas 歯科医学 is the formal academic discipline.
Compound of 歯科 (dental department) and 医学 (medical science). The term is a straightforward modern academic coinage.