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dentistry

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Etymology

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Fromdentist+‎-ry.

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Noun

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dentistry(usuallyuncountable,pluraldentistries)

  1. (uncountable)Thefieldofmedicineconcerned with thestudy,diagnosis,andtreatmentofconditionsof theteethand oral cavity.
    • 1905,Australian journal ofdentistry,volume 9, Australian Dental Association, page184:
      Some provision should be made for the truly suffering poor, and also for our present students ofdentistryto learn something about dental surgery before commencing a profession which has almost become a science.
    • 1957,West's Wisconsin statutes annotated,West Publishing Company:
      A corporation may not operate adentistryoffice unless all of its stockholders are licensed to practicedentistry.
    • 1997,P.B. Waite,The Lives of Dalhousie University,volume II: 1925-198, page 24:
      He was born near Middleton in 1853, graduated from Mount Allison, and took hisdentistrydegree at Philadelphia in 1878.
    • 2000,James Wynbrandt,The excruciating history ofdentistry,page81:
      Wig-workers were not the only tradesmen who practiceddentistryon the side, or "assumed the role" of dentist, as the arrival of a thespian dentist from London attests in this ad from Boston's Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser
  2. (uncountable)Operationsperformed on teeth and adjoining areas such asdrilling,fillingcavities,and placingcrownsandbridges.
    • 2009,Siobhain Ryan, “Poor access leads to DIYdentistry:dental checks”, inThe Australian,sourced from Dow Jones Newswires:
      POOR Australians are resorting to do-it-yourselfdentistry,including filing their own teeth and attempting their own extractions, because of lengthy queues for public dental services.
    • 2011,Gregory J. Tarantola,Clinical Cases in Restorative and Reconstructive Dentistry,→ISBN:
      This patient is an out-of-town physician who had to wait until retirement to complete hisdentistry.He had holding pattern typedentistrydone to get him by.
  3. (countable)Adentalsurgery,an operation on the teeth.
    • 1908,in the report of theSecond International Congress on School Hygiene,volume 2, page 516:
      Dr. Landsberg, of Posen, states that when children's teeth are put in order by means of schooldentistries,anaemia, one of the most frequent school diseases, will be greatly diminished.
    • 2004,Gene Witiak,True Confessions of a Veterinarian: An Unconditional Love Story,page83:
      I speak now only of your pet's bad breath.Dentistrieswill specifically improve the oral health of the pet as well as its overall health in the long term.
  4. (countable)A place where dental operations are performed.(Not as common as "dentist'soffice".Comparesurgery.)
    • 1867,Macmillan's Magazine,volume16,page464:
      They are very fond of sweet things; and the ladies especially crowd the “candystores,” which are not less numerous than thedentistries—with which business they are intimately connected.
    • 1918,Edward Bernard Benjamin,The larger liberalism,page172:
      The author could dilate at great length on the possibilities in plant groceries, restaurants, anddentistries.
    • 2003,Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: First Review,→ISBN:
      As a first step, the law with be amended to prepare for the privatization of pharmacies anddentistriesby end-2003.

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  • 2000,The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z(Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Joy Dorothy Harvey), page 1271:
    Lucy specialized in thedentistryof women and children.
  • 2011,Phyllis J. Perry,Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History,page 75:
    In 1873 Holliday moved to Dallas, Texas, and opened a dentist's office there. At this time he began to gamble heavily and soon found gambling more lucrative than hisdentistry.
  • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:dentistry.

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