Dentistry
noun
The work that a dentist does.
He made an appointment for next week to check on his oral health with a professional in dentistry.
Often appears as...
- practice dentistry
- study dentistry
noun
The study of the treatment of teeth and oral diseases.
After high school, she decided to pursue a career in dentistry.
Often appears as...
- dentistry degree
- dentistry course
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Academic
noun
The work that a dentist does.
He made an appointment for next week to check on his oral health with a professional in dentistry.
Often appears as...
- practice dentistry
- study dentistry
noun
The study of the treatment of teeth and oral diseases.
After high school, she decided to pursue a career in dentistry.
Often appears as...
- dentistry degree
- dentistry course
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Professional Practice
Dentistry refers to a dentist's professional activities involving patient care.
She built her reputation in dentistry with her skillful work and patient care.
Pro Tip 2/3Healthcare Sector
Dentistry is part of the healthcare sector, focusing on oral conditions.
Dentistry is crucial for maintaining overall health, not just oral care.
Pro Tip 3/3Wide Applications
The term also encompasses cosmetic procedures, not only health-related ones.
Dentistry today includes teeth whitening and smile makeovers.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Practice
Dentistry refers to a dentist's professional activities involving patient care.
She built her reputation in dentistry with her skillful work and patient care.
Pro Tip 2/3Healthcare Sector
Dentistry is part of the healthcare sector, focusing on oral conditions.
Dentistry is crucial for maintaining overall health, not just oral care.
Pro Tip 3/3Wide Applications
The term also encompasses cosmetic procedures, not only health-related ones.
Dentistry today includes teeth whitening and smile makeovers.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Practice
Dentistry refers to a dentist's professional activities involving patient care.
She built her reputation in dentistry with her skillful work and patient care.
Pro Tip 2/3Healthcare Sector
Dentistry is part of the healthcare sector, focusing on oral conditions.
Dentistry is crucial for maintaining overall health, not just oral care.
Pro Tip 3/3Wide Applications
The term also encompasses cosmetic procedures, not only health-related ones.
Dentistry today includes teeth whitening and smile makeovers.
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and it definitely did not revolutionize the world of dentistry, but it did completely change my life. Because I finished making this toothbrush helmet three years ago and after I finished making it, I went into my living room and I put up a camera, and I filmed a seven-second clip of it working.
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Thomas Goetz: It's time...
or inform them, but actually leads them to make better decisions, better choices in their lives. One part of medicine, though, has faced the problem of behavior change pretty well, and that's dentistry. Dentistry might seem -- and I think it is -- many dentists would have to acknowledge
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What if 3D printing was...
having a stent that's designed for you, for your own anatomy with your own tributaries, printed in an emergency situation in real time out of the properties such that the stent could go away after 18 really-game changing. Or digital dentistry, and making these kinds of structures
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Christina Warinner:...
that's found on people everywhere. It's a type of fossilized dental plaque that is called officially dental calculus. Many of you may know it by the term tartar. It's what the dentist cleans off your teeth every time that you go in for a visit. And in a typical dentistry visit,
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Tracking ancient...
teeth every time that you go in for a visit and in a typical dentistry visit you may have about fifteen to thirty milligrams removed but in ancient times before tooth brushing up to 600 milligrams might have built up on the teeth over a lifetime and what's really
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John Hunter: Teaching...
I said, "What is that, dad?" "A job." And so they pleaded with me to get a degree in something. So I got a degree and it turned out to be education. It was an experimental education program. It could have been dentistry, but the word "experimental" was in it,
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Thulasiraj Ravilla: How...
where we have a good solution, I think the process I described, you know, productivity, quality, patient-centered care, can give an answer, and there are many which fit this paradigm. You take dentistry, hearing aid, maternity and so on.
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The power of passion -...
Izzy Novak says, "I love dentistry. I can't imagine being anything else." But what about business? Many of you are in business, and we tend to think that business is more about cold numbers than hot passion, more about logic than love,
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Could We Cure HIV with...
As a laser scientist, the answer was just before my Lasers, of course. If they can be used for dentistry, for diabetic wound-healing and surgery, they can be used for anything imaginable, including transporting drugs into cells.
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Croc Chases Cameraman PIPE...
he's got a stone stuck in her mouth and there's no telling how long it's been there that stone still in there first I got to get a rope on those jobs hold on like that okay honest restrains the croc and I do a little dentistry
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Why you should make...
and it definitely did not revolutionize the world of dentistry, but it did completely change my life. Because I finished making this toothbrush helmet three years ago and after I finished making it, I went into my living room and I put up a camera, and I filmed a seven-second clip of it working.
Video examples
Thomas Goetz: It's time...
or inform them, but actually leads them to make better decisions, better choices in their lives. One part of medicine, though, has faced the problem of behavior change pretty well, and that's dentistry. Dentistry might seem -- and I think it is -- many dentists would have to acknowledge
Video examples
What if 3D printing was...
having a stent that's designed for you, for your own anatomy with your own tributaries, printed in an emergency situation in real time out of the properties such that the stent could go away after 18 really-game changing. Or digital dentistry, and making these kinds of structures
Video examples
Christina Warinner:...
that's found on people everywhere. It's a type of fossilized dental plaque that is called officially dental calculus. Many of you may know it by the term tartar. It's what the dentist cleans off your teeth every time that you go in for a visit. And in a typical dentistry visit,
Video examples
Tracking ancient...
teeth every time that you go in for a visit and in a typical dentistry visit you may have about fifteen to thirty milligrams removed but in ancient times before tooth brushing up to 600 milligrams might have built up on the teeth over a lifetime and what's really
Video examples
John Hunter: Teaching...
I said, "What is that, dad?" "A job." And so they pleaded with me to get a degree in something. So I got a degree and it turned out to be education. It was an experimental education program. It could have been dentistry, but the word "experimental" was in it,
Video examples
Thulasiraj Ravilla: How...
where we have a good solution, I think the process I described, you know, productivity, quality, patient-centered care, can give an answer, and there are many which fit this paradigm. You take dentistry, hearing aid, maternity and so on.
Video examples
The power of passion -...
Izzy Novak says, "I love dentistry. I can't imagine being anything else." But what about business? Many of you are in business, and we tend to think that business is more about cold numbers than hot passion, more about logic than love,
Video examples
Could We Cure HIV with...
As a laser scientist, the answer was just before my Lasers, of course. If they can be used for dentistry, for diabetic wound-healing and surgery, they can be used for anything imaginable, including transporting drugs into cells.
Video examples
Croc Chases Cameraman PIPE...
he's got a stone stuck in her mouth and there's no telling how long it's been there that stone still in there first I got to get a rope on those jobs hold on like that okay honest restrains the croc and I do a little dentistry
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Ian Rankin
Scottish Writer
Being working class, my parents thought, 'Ian's going to uni, the first in the family,' and I'd do dentistry or accountancy. I was going to do accountancy; then I got a C in Economics and thought, 'Why am I doing this?' The only thing I was interested in was books and literature.
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Roger Taylor
American Musician
I played with a few local bands in the West Country, where I grew up, but when I was 18, I moved to London, which at that time was probably the most exciting musical city in the world. I was supposed to be studying dentistry, but all the time I was looking for a band to join.
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Preity Zinta
Indian Actress
L.A. is wonderful. They have something called sleep dentistry. You just go there, and they put you to sleep and go, 'Drrrrrr,' and by the time you wake up a few hours later, you have a whole new set of teeth. I mean, whatever you want them to do.
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Larry Wilcox
American Actor
Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had the talent in my hands to be a good dentist.
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Peter Singer
Australian Philosopher
Business ethics has always had problems that are distinct from those of other professions, such as medicine, law, engineering, dentistry, or nursing.
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Ken Loach
English Director
It would be exciting to take part in what we now call the Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century, but with modern dentistry.
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Dick Cavett
American Entertainer
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the people who handle it know what they are doing.
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William Collins
English Poet
When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.
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Dick Cavett
American Entertainer
Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous.
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Ian Rankin
Scottish Writer
Being working class, my parents thought, 'Ian's going to uni, the first in the family,' and I'd do dentistry or accountancy. I was going to do accountancy; then I got a C in Economics and thought, 'Why am I doing this?' The only thing I was interested in was books and literature.
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Roger Taylor
American Musician
I played with a few local bands in the West Country, where I grew up, but when I was 18, I moved to London, which at that time was probably the most exciting musical city in the world. I was supposed to be studying dentistry, but all the time I was looking for a band to join.
Quote examples
Preity Zinta
Indian Actress
L.A. is wonderful. They have something called sleep dentistry. You just go there, and they put you to sleep and go, 'Drrrrrr,' and by the time you wake up a few hours later, you have a whole new set of teeth. I mean, whatever you want them to do.
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Larry Wilcox
American Actor
Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had the talent in my hands to be a good dentist.
Quote examples
Peter Singer
Australian Philosopher
Business ethics has always had problems that are distinct from those of other professions, such as medicine, law, engineering, dentistry, or nursing.
Quote examples
Ken Loach
English Director
It would be exciting to take part in what we now call the Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century, but with modern dentistry.
Quote examples
Dick Cavett
American Entertainer
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the people who handle it know what they are doing.
Quote examples
William Collins
English Poet
When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.
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Dick Cavett
American Entertainer
Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous.
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