How to Use dentistry in a Sentence

dentistry

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  • Blocks away, Oakland Avenue was bustling with shops for shoes, hats, tea, meats, piano repair, bakery, plumbing, dentistry and more.
    — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2024
  • The school of dentistry opened the dental clinic in 2009.
    — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2017
  • He was advised by a friend and mentor to look into the field of dentistry.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • This wouldn’t be the first time a pandemic has changed dentistry.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The exhibit covers the history of dentistry from the 1700s to the present.
    — Staff Reports, The Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Of course, the very best thing about Ypsilanti is the world-class dentistry.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 1 June 2020
  • Just make sure to give your guests a heads up to avoid emergency dentistry.
    — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The tie between toothpaste and dentistry goes back decades.
    — Sharon Terlep, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2018
  • In the series, Chuck Loving exits the band to study dentistry as the rest head to Los Angeles in search of a big break.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Goodrich does still have a valid license to practice dentistry.
    — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Tapping into the dark side of dentistry is Serge Luten’s Dent de Lait, a perfume meant to smell like teeth.
    — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 7 July 2017
  • But Hanssen, who did go to dentistry school, wanted to be in law enforcement.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 5 June 2023
  • All of this is to say that bad, missing and aching teeth were simply a fact of life in the centuries before modern dentistry.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Siemens sold its dentistry-equipment arm to Permira, a British firm, in 1997.
    — The Economist, 9 Aug. 2019
  • In the entire history of dentistry, from caveman days to now, who has ever said no to more painkiller?
    — Mike Salmon, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • In short: Cosmetic dentistry shouldn’t be considered a balm for bad habits, but rather a bonus for good ones.
    — Monica Corcoran Harel, Marie Claire, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Iowa embedded its first counselor in the college of dentistry in 2014, on a part-time basis.
    — Melissa Korn, WSJ, 9 July 2017
  • In Europe during the Middle Ages, dentistry fell under the purview of barbers.
    — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
  • But dentistry care aside, there were also a good handful of fans who were simply stunned to hear that Al and Lenny were related in the first place.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Some ponder that this is an early example of the split between medicine and dentistry.
    — Ato Kasymov, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • He was sentenced to up to four years and six months in Sing Sing prison and lost his dentistry license, leading Florence to change her name and that of her children.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Anyway, none of this will stop me from taking those dentistry courses at the adult learning annex.
    — Gary Gramling, SI.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • But back when ancient herders were making their first forays into horse dentistry, bits were still made of leather.
    — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 2 July 2018
  • Records show that his dentistry license was suspended in June 2017.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The group concluded that the sawn tooth was an early, if inefficient, form of dentistry.
    — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 2 July 2018
  • The find is helping researchers rework the history of dentistry.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 Apr. 2017
  • And there have been significant advances in 3D print methods in areas like dentistry over the past few years.
    — Ana Santos Rutschman, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Triple-action dentistry kit with one simple motion to clean teeth; suitable for both big and little mouths.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Since the early ‘80s, dentistry for the Black community has been about more than just routine cleanings.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 7 Dec. 2023
  • This kind of do-it-yourself dentistry has become increasingly common in the United Kingdom.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 2 July 2024

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