(n.) One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Following mass disasters and individual deaths, dentists with special training and experience in forensic odontology are frequently called upon to assist in the identification of badly mutilated or decomposed bodies.
(2) Despite this exposure, none of 255 dentists, hygienists and chairside assistants had the antibody to HIV following an estimated 189 or more exposures.
(3) Dental patients were classified by experienced dentists as MPD or non-MPD patients.
(4) Among preventive procedures, most dentists removed plaque or calculus.
(5) The dentist himself is responsible for the design of the removable partial denture, because he must know and apply the biomechanical principles also.
(6) It is important that the dentist knows about disturbances of blood coagulation during and after hemo-dialysis, so that he avoids administration of platelet-inhibiting medication like aspirin and that he recognizes radiologically visible signs of insufficient dialysis in the jaws.
(7) Consumers, dentists, dental students, dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental assistant trainees, and dental hygiene students in Massachusetts were surveyed for their attitudes toward the concept of expanded-duties auxiliaries.
(8) Replacing the dentist examination with a dental auxiliary conducted screening evaluation could lead to reduced time and costs.
(9) The findings reported here suggest that MPD syndrome occurs less frequently in dentists than in dental patients, and there is no difference in the incidence of pathologic bruxing habits between dentists and non-dentists.
(10) The influence of four variables (status of communicator of drug effects, attitude of dentist, attitude of dental technician, and message of drug effects) on the obtainment of placebo effects in an oral surgery clinic was investigated.
(11) A total of 35 464 patients consulted the 50 participating dentists during the study period.
(12) These findings should draw the dentist's attention to this condition.
(13) This article reviews certain legislative points of view which should help every dentist in their decision as to whether to treat these so-called "infectious" or "contagious" patients.
(14) Only eight dentists saw the majority of their patients at domiciliary visits; many did not see any patients in this manner.
(15) Twenty dentists made 360 treatment decisions about the approximal surface of extracted teeth seen in simulated bitewing radiographs.
(16) Although most of the problems seen by the dentist in the hospital emergency room are not life-endangering, they can still cause considerable difficulty for the patient and anxiety for the doctor when not treated quickly and effectively.
(17) Several studies found that these services were less remunerative than other services and recommended that dentists delegate these functions when possible.
(18) Every dentist must be familiar with these groups of drugs and their mechanisms of action and the management of their adverse oral manifestations.
(19) Occupational groups at excess risk include dentists who have an increased risk of all types of brain tumors and electricians whose excess risk is limited to gliomas.
(20) Dental conditions including the wearing of dentures was the reason most often given for not seeing a dentist on a regular basis.
Dentistry
Definition:
(n.) The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
(2) The authors present a quite unused technique that helps to simplify the cavity preparation in Operative Dentistry.
(3) This is the first archaeological evidence of operative dentistry in ancient Israel, as well as the earliest date for this specific treatment in the world.
(4) By its actions, this musculature effects many phases of dentistry, directly or indirectly; and orthodontics is affected most of all.
(5) The use of glass-ionomer cements in clinical dentistry has expanded greatly over the last decade.
(6) This agent is used in dentistry as a vasoconstrictor (Neo-Cobefrin) and although its pharmacologic activilty is weaker than that of (-) norepinephrine, it appears that this agent can have significant pharmacologic effects at higher doses.
(7) If we are to attend to the entire health needs of our geriatric patients, then a thorough knowledge of veterinary dentistry is absolutely necessary.
(8) A preventive dentistry program conducted by 34 and 27 senior dental students as an integral part of children's clinic was evaluated.
(9) In order to maximize the prognosis, it is necessary to understand the patient, to make a thorough diagnosis, to coordinate the restoration with the other disciplines of dentistry, and to be knowledgeable of the spectrum of treatment modalities available.
(10) Behavior management in pediatric dentistry is taught as a clinical science and few dentists learn the historical basis of the techniques in use today.
(11) Multiple regression of this preventive orientation index on selected independent variables showed that, for the entire sample, variables representing involvement in academic and institutional dentistry, exposure to education through journals and courses, a predeliction for innovation, and the presence of a hygienist in the office, were most influential in creating a model that successfully predicted reported preventive behavior.
(12) A simple, manual current awareness service at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry, designed to provide the user with photocopied tables of contents from selected journals, is described.
(13) Voice control, a punishment technique based on loud commands, has been used widely in pediatric dentistry.
(14) The municipial Children's dentistry prevention committee to carry out the complex programme was formed in 1985.
(15) Part I of this study is to assess the dental instruments sterilization at the College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Random samples were taken from the CSSD for this purpose.
(16) A national survey of predoctoral community dentistry faculty members provided "ratings of importance" for each of 32 community dentistry topics.
(17) Explosive growth in high-technology imaging continues in dentistry as in all health sciences.
(18) The difficulties encountered in casting titanium and its alloys have until recently hindered any widespread use of titanium in restorative dentistry.
(19) The introduction of specialized syringes in the late 1970s and early 1980s has led to an increase in the use of intraligamentary anaesthesia as a means of pain control in dentistry.
(20) A group programme involving four sessions in which clients were taught anxiety management skills, exposed in imagination to situations relating, to dentistry, and given homework assignments was carried out with clients presenting with disproportionate dental anxiety.