dentistry

Noun

Meaning

The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

odontology dental medicine cap obstetrics orthodontics bridge medicine appointment cure dental brace amalgam immunology dentist periodontal

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Antonyms

disease damage illness infection poison sickness

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Hypernyms

medicine medical specialty

Hyponyms

orthodontics orthodontia periodontics orthodonture prosthodontics dental surgery

Phrases with the word

prosthetic dentistry aesthetic dentistry surgical dentistry

Examples

Perhaps the best reason to consider the hard sciences is that, well, one study suggests science, engineering, medicine, and dentistry graduates live longer than arts graduates (or law grads). So whatever money you make you can keep a bit longer. Warren Farrell

I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous. Christian Bale

Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry. Dick Cavett

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing. Dick Cavett

When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry. William Collins

An IVC site in Mehrgarh indicates that this form of dentistry involved curing tooth related disorders with bow drills operated, perhaps, by skilled bead crafters. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dentistical dentistlike dentistress dentition dentitional dentitionally