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dentistry
[ den-tuh-stree ]
noun
- the profession or science dealing with the prevention and treatment of diseases and malformations of the teeth, gums, and oral cavity, and the removal, correction, and replacement of decayed, damaged, or lost parts, including such operations as the filling and crowning of teeth, the straightening of teeth, and the construction of artificial dentures.
dentistry
/ ˈdɛntɪstrɪ /
noun
- the branch of medical science concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the teeth and gums
dentistry
/ dĕn′tĭ-strē /
- The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases of the teeth, gums, and other structures of the mouth.
Word History and Origins
Origin of dentistry1
Example Sentences
Unlike a broken bone, enamel’s defensive lining doesn’t repair itself, explains Janet Moradian-Oldak, a biochemist and professor in the School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, who was not involved in the research.
However, Moradian-Oldak expresses reservations about its practical use in dentistry any time soon.
The family scraped together enough money to send him to the private Shifa University in Kabul to study dentistry.
Dentistry — like other medical businesses — is a specialized field where calls are crucial.
San Antonio dentist Joshua Austin authored a controversial editorial for a dentistry publication on this issue.
“The golden age of Parisian smiles nurtured, and was nurtured by, the rise of dentistry as a vocation,” writes Jones.
My father completed the transition out of dentistry at almost exactly the same moment as my mother started at “As It Happens.”
To keep your pearly whites bright and shiny, visit Dr. David Poiman at the NY Center for Esthetic and Laser Dentistry.
Why not, say, $97.5 million, as the Orthodontic Education Community gave the University of Colorado School of Dentistry in 2003?
The highly expensive but most advantageous service of dentistry may be paid for by the guardians.
It was oddly like the feeling of a dentist's reception-room; only it was for me to do the dentistry with clumsy, cruel hands.
Knowing dentistry, I saw the possibilities of disguise by wearing differently shaped sets of teeth.
Besides, what he has to say about dentistry occurs in typical medieval form.
By day the lad was learning dentistry, his father's profession—it was then a trade—and the two went to London to practice.
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