dentistry
noun
den·tist·ry
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Definition of dentistry
: the art or profession of a dentist
Examples of dentistry in a Sentence
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Services include dental exams, teeth whitening, pediatric dentistry, dental fillings, root canals, oral surgery, crowns, among others. — cleveland.com, "Annual CRS SOUPer Bowl Food Drive benefits those in need: Short Takes on Avon, Avon Lake and North Ridgeville," 16 Aug. 2019 Services at the clinics include no-cost preventive care and general restorative care and specialty services including endodontics, oral surgery, orthodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics and pediatric dentistry. — Karen Pearlman, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Dental clinic at Lemon Grove school expands," 8 Aug. 2019 The medical examiner asked Lowell Johnson, who taught at the Marquette dental school and was promoting techniques and theories in forensic dentistry, to take a look. — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Settlement calls for Milwaukee to pay $7.5 million to man convicted based on bogus bite mark evidence," 11 July 2019 Founded by Charles Lusk, Dent-Well provides general dentistry along with select cosmetic services, plus Invisalign orthodontics. — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, "Retail wrap: Tim Ho Wan, M.M.LaFleur, Crawfish Café, Kelsey-Seybold sign up for new spots," 2 Aug. 2019 That included working to develop a program in community dentistry in cooperation with Northwestern medical school’s department of community medicine and neighborhood community groups. — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, "Juliann Bluitt Foster, first female president of the Chicago Dental Society, dies at 80," 7 July 2019 In a joint operation with the Department of Health, police arrested Saldarriaga, 60, on charges of practicing dentistry without a license, using dental equipment when not a licensed dentist, and advertising himself as a dentist. — Laurel Weibezahn, sun-sentinel.com, "Man accused of illegally practicing dentistry in Delray Beach," 1 July 2019 Rob Suzuki, Ryan’s father, was the first of his family's generation to attend university, eventually opening a dentistry in London, Ontario. — NBC News, "A new class of top-tier Asian hockey talent joins the NHL — and their older brothers," 28 June 2019 Now 18, and reunited with his dad, Fahmy is a graduate of Carmel High School and will be studying dentistry this fall at IUPUI. — Casey Smith, Indianapolis Star, "'We are a nation of immigrants:' 98 new citizens welcomed in Indianapolis," 3 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dentistry.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for dentistry
dentistry
noun
English Language Learners Definition of dentistry
: the work that a dentist does
See the full definition for dentistry in the English Language Learners Dictionary
dentistry
noun
den·tist·ry
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Kids Definition of dentistry
: the profession or practice of a dentist
dentistry
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den·tist·ry
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plural dentistries
Medical Definition of dentistry
: the art or profession of a dentist
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