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dentistry
  1. (uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.
  2. (uncountable) Operations performed on teeth and adjoining areas such as drilling, filling cavities, and placing crowns and bridges.
  3. (countable) A dental surgery, an operation on the teeth.
  4. (countable) A place where dental operations are performed. (Not as common as "dentist's office". Compare surgery.)
  5. Examples:
    1. “He held preregistration posts in medicine and surgery at St Mary's Hospital in Philadelphia, United States, before returning to study dentistry.”
      “Jenny first became interested in dentistry in developing countries when she was a student.”
      “It has been marketed for applications in dentistry, gynecology and podiatry, as well as other medical applications.”
dentition
  1. The set of natural teeth of an individual
  2. The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual
  3. The process of growing teeth; teething
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Their dentition was rather unspecialized and versatile, suggesting an omnivorous lifestyle.”
      “Conodonts have been known for almost as long as there has been paleontology, but their peculiar dentition was all that was known of the group.”
      “Features one would expect to see in herbivorous dinosaurs that provide some evidence of diet include dentition.”
dental
  1. (veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
  2. (phonetics) A dental sound.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “After my dental, my teeth were gleaming and smooth.”
dentifrice
  1. Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Various tobacco products are used as dentifrice in different parts of India.”
      “Some forms of tobacco dentifrice include roasted and powdered tobacco, a paste made of tobacco and molasses, and a rinse of tobacco water.”
      “Unlocking the tube and squeezing some of the bright-orange dentifrice out, I raised the brush to my mouth and commenced extreme cleaning.”
dentophobia
dentalcare
  1. The care and treatment of the teeth by a dentist.
dentist
  1. A medical doctor who specializes in dentistry.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In order to treat a tooth with an abscess, your dentist will drain the abscess to release the pressure and relieve pain.”
      “An ice-cream vendor severely slashed a Bangkok dentist with a small sword after accusing him of pulling the wrong tooth, police said yesterday.”
      “Visit your dentist or hygienist to have your teeth scaled and polished on a regular basis.”
dentification
  1. Conversion into dental material or structure
dentality
  1. (phonology) The quality of being dental.
dentilation
dentifications
  1. plural of dentification
dentilations
  1. plural of dentilation
dentifrices
  1. plural of dentifrice
  2. Examples:
    1. “Cariostatic effect of fluoride-containing restorative systems associated with dentifrices on root dentin.”
      “To be approved, the FDA monograph on fluoride dentifrices requires that enamel solubility and fluoride uptake be demonstrated in vitro.”
      “The authors concluded that the addition of natural antimicrobial agents to dentifrices can act as an adjuvant in the mechanical control of the dental biofilm.”
dentitions
dentistries
  1. plural of dentistry
dentists
  1. plural of dentist
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In fact we're rapidly regressing and the number of dentists, especially NHS ones, is plummeting.”
      “Other dentists prefer to kick-start the treatment by using a laser to activate the gel in the surgery, with shorter at-home follow-up sessions.”
      “Special savings apply to protect chemists and dentists from this prohibition.”
dentals
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