📖 Definitions of "Dentist"
noun
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A medical doctor who specializes in dentistry.
🔄 Synonyms of "Dentist"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dental practitionernoun | a person qualified to practice dentistry |
| tooth doctornoun | a person qualified to practice dentistry |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dental practitionernoun | a person qualified to practice dentistry |
| tooth doctornoun | a person qualified to practice dentistry |
| dentistrynoun | (uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity. |
| dentalnoun | (phonetics) A dental sound. |
| doctornoun | A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK. |
| somethingnoun | An object whose nature is yet to be defined. |
| officernoun | One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations. |
| physiciansnoun | A medical doctor trained in human medicine. |
| odontologistnoun | A specialist in odontology. |
| stomatologistnoun | (medicine) A practitioner of stomatology. |
| oral surgeonnoun | (medicine, surgery) A specialist in oral surgery. |
| dental surgeonnoun | A dental specialist who performs the diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases, injuries, and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws, and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. |
| maxillofacial surgeon | — |
| pedodontistnoun | A dentist who specializes in pedodontics, the care of children's teeth. |
| endodontistnoun | One who specializes in endodontics, a specialty of dentistry. |
| prosthodontistnoun | one who specializes in prosthodontics. |
| periodontistnoun | A dentist whose speciality is periodontics |
| orthodontistnoun | An orthodontic dentist. |
| toothdrawernoun | Alternative form of tooth-drawer. [(chiefly derogatory, archaic) Someone who draws teeth; a dentist.] |
| exodontistnoun | One who removes teeth. |
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