Medical Terminology / Unit 10 MedTerm 0583 short lesson, about 20 seconds
dent/o and odont/o: Tooth
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The idea
The combining forms dent slash o and odont slash o both name a tooth, dent from Latin and odont from Greek.
In practice
A periodontist treats the tissues surrounding the teeth.
Where people slip
Odont takes a silent o at the start of some terms, as in orthodontist.
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