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dental surgery

NOUN

surgical procedures on the teeth and gums

Synonyms

WEAK

maxillofacial surgery oral and maxillofacial surgery oral surgery

Example Sentences

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And he grew that beard—initially to hide disfiguring dental surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Masli couldn’t understand why this dental surgery wasn’t free.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

A sloth has had pioneering dental surgery to cure toothache.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

The absence of Crawford and catcher Cal Raleigh, who had emergency dental surgery for a broken tooth early Wednesday morning, was glaring.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

I don't know what they mean—doctor of dental surgery, I guess, or zoology or fractions or geography, or whatever has to do with rocks and animals and vertebraes.

From Ma Pettengill by Wilson, Harry Leon