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Meaning of Dentistry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈdɛntɪstɹi

Definitions

  1. The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.
    uncountable, usually
  2. Operations performed on teeth and adjoining areas such as drilling, filling cavities, and placing crowns and bridges.
    uncountable, usually
  3. A dental surgery, an operation on the teeth.
    countable, usually
  4. A place where dental operations are performed.
    countable, uncommon, usually

Equivalents

العربية طب الأسنان
हिन्दी दांतिकी
Magyar fogászat
Bahasa Indonesia kedokteran gigi
日本語 歯学 歯科
한국어 치과
Bahasa Melayu pergigian
Nederlands tandheelkunde
Português odontologia
Română stomatologie
Svenska tandvård
Українська стоматологія
Tiếng Việt nha khoa

Examples

“Some provision should be made for the truly suffering poor, and also for our present students of dentistry to learn something about dental surgery before commencing a profession which has almost become a science.”
“A corporation may not operate a dentistry office unless all of its stockholders are licensed to practice dentistry.”
“He was born near Middleton in 1853, graduated from Mount Allison, and took his dentistry degree at Philadelphia in 1878.”
“Wig-workers were not the only tradesmen who practiced dentistry on 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”
“POOR Australians are resorting to do-it-yourself dentistry, including filing their own teeth and attempting their own extractions, because of lengthy queues for public dental services.”
“This patient is an out-of-town physician who had to wait until retirement to complete his dentistry. He had holding pattern type dentistry done to get him by.”
“Dr. Landsberg, of Posen, states that when children's teeth are put in order by means of school dentistries, anaemia, one of the most frequent school diseases, will be greatly diminished.”
“I speak now only of your pet's bad breath. Dentistries will specifically improve the oral health of the pet as well as its overall health in the long term.”
“They are very fond of sweet things; and the ladies especially crowd the “candystores,” which are not less numerous than the dentistries—with which business they are intimately connected.”
“The author could dilate at great length on the possibilities in plant groceries, restaurants, and dentistries.”
“As a first step, the law with be amended to prepare for the privatization of pharmacies and dentistries by end-2003.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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