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The health department has provided some dental coverage for about 20 consecutive years, as well as general dentistry for at least 15 years, before December 2023, said 35-year employee Lisa Pollard, who today wears many hats in her role at the county health department.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
Dillard does not have a valid license to practice dentistry in Georgia from the Georgia Board of Dentistry, according to Hill.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Dillard is being charged with eight felonies including practicing dentistry without a license, practicing medicine without a license, and theft by deception.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
There are major differences between the ways dentistry and medicine operate, including the way dental and medical offices do billing and how patients pay for services.
—Jonquilyn Hill, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined above
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“Dentistry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dentistry. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
dentistry
noun
den·tist·ry
ˈdent-ə-strē
: the profession or practice of a dentist
Medical Definition
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