dentistry
noun
den·tist·ry ˈden-tə-strē 
: the art or profession of a dentist
Example Sentences
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 Aug. 2022 Tend, which raised $37 million in 2020, bucks this trend, focusing on remaking dentistry practice and patients’ in-office patient experience. Deb Gordon, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 After graduating from the dentistry program at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2017, Anisa Maredia completed a residency, then worked at dental practices in the Houston area. Lauren Weber, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022 My neighbors are a cross-section of Londoners, from a tiler who has installed neat flower beds and a water feature to a dentistry professor with an astonishingly productive crop of compost-free dwarf French beans. Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 29 July 2022 Two days later, the board issued an emergency suspension of Adjaj’s dentistry licenses. oregonlive, 13 July 2022 An investigation digs into the gripping case of Larry Rudolph, who built an empire based on pain-free dentistry, became a diehard trophy hunter, and was arrested in the death of his wife of three decades. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022 His name was Buzz Lightyear, defender of decency and good dentistry throughout the cosmos, and thanks to his chemistry with a cowpoke named Woody, this popular (and highly merchandisable) plastic-fantastic hero became an interstellar superstar. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2022 Some ponder that this is an early example of the split between medicine and dentistry. Ato Kasymov, Forbes, 17 May 2022 See More
Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 Aug. 2022 Tend, which raised $37 million in 2020, bucks this trend, focusing on remaking dentistry practice and patients’ in-office patient experience. Deb Gordon, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 After graduating from the dentistry program at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2017, Anisa Maredia completed a residency, then worked at dental practices in the Houston area. Lauren Weber, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022 My neighbors are a cross-section of Londoners, from a tiler who has installed neat flower beds and a water feature to a dentistry professor with an astonishingly productive crop of compost-free dwarf French beans. Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 29 July 2022 Two days later, the board issued an emergency suspension of Adjaj’s dentistry licenses. oregonlive, 13 July 2022 An investigation digs into the gripping case of Larry Rudolph, who built an empire based on pain-free dentistry, became a diehard trophy hunter, and was arrested in the death of his wife of three decades. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022 His name was Buzz Lightyear, defender of decency and good dentistry throughout the cosmos, and thanks to his chemistry with a cowpoke named Woody, this popular (and highly merchandisable) plastic-fantastic hero became an interstellar superstar. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2022 Some ponder that this is an early example of the split between medicine and dentistry. Ato Kasymov, Forbes, 17 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
dentistry
noun
den·tist·ry ˈden-tə-strē
: the profession or practice of a dentist
Medical Definition
dentistry
noun
den·tist·ry ˈdent-ə-strē
plural dentistries
: the art or profession of a dentist