English
dentistry
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈdɛntɪstɹi/
Noun

dentistry (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.
    • 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 his dentistry degree at Philadelphia in 1878.
  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.
    • 1908, in the report of the Second 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 school dentistries, anaemia, one of the most frequent school diseases, will be greatly diminished.
  4. (countable) A place where dental operations are performed. (Not as common as "dentist's office". Compare surgery.)
    • 1867, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume 16, page 464
      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.
    • 2003, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: First Review ISBN 1452728488:
      As a first step, the law with be amended to prepare for the privatization of pharmacies and dentistries by end-2003.
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