English Dictionary

dentistry

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɛntɪstɹi/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 可算名詞

(uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.

日本語の意味

歯科医学：歯や口腔の状態、疾患の診断および治療に関する医学分野

After years of study and hands-on experience, she decided to specialize in dentistry to help underserved communities.

彼女は何年もの学習と実地経験を経て、恵まれない地域の人々を助けるために歯科を専門とすることに決めた。

意味（1）

(uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.

Some provision should be made for the truly suffering poor, and also for our present students of dentistry to learn something about dental surgery before commencing a profession which has almost become a science.

意味（2）

(uncountable) Operations performed on teeth and adjoining areas such as drilling, filling cavities, and placing crowns and bridges.

POOR Australians are resorting to do-it-yourself dentistry, including filing their own teeth and attempting their own extractions, because of lengthy queues for public dental services.

意味（3）

(countable) A dental surgery, an operation on the teeth.

Dr. Landsberg, of Posen, states that when children's teeth are put in order by means of school dentistries, anaemia, one of the most frequent school diseases, will be greatly diminished.

意味（4）

(countable) A place where dental operations are performed. (Not as common as "dentist's office". Compare surgery.)

They are very fond of sweet things; and the ladies especially crowd the “candystores,” which are not less numerous than the dentistries—with which business they are intimately connected.

dentistries （ plural ）