People should see a doctor if. 1  A bee sting triggers hives (to obtain advice about treatment if another bee sting occurs). 2  They have other symptoms, such as fever, joint pains, weight loss, swollen lymph nodes, or night sweats. 3  Hives recur without exposure to a trigger. 4  Symptoms last for more than 2 days.
tooth. 1. (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usu. attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
A field of dentistry concerned with the diseases and injuries of the dental pulp and periapical tissues, and with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries in these tissues. [endo- + G. odous, tooth]