DDS
DDS
1 AmericanPharmacology.
D.D.S.
2
American
abbreviation
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Doctor of Dental Science.
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Doctor of Dental Surgery.
DDS
British
abbreviation
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Dewey Decimal System
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Doctor of Dental Surgery
Etymology
Origin of DDS
d(iamino)d(iphenyl) s(ulfone)
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A date with Mustafa falls through the cracks when Mary works late, and when she springs to organize Leo’s vinyl collection according to the DDS just before a big gig, he freaks out.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
Pin Ha and Yulong Zhang, and associate professor Jin Hee Kwak, DDS, are co-first authors and contributed equally to this project.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
DDS is committed to exploring “additional strategies to reduce inequities” within the system, it said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2022
Documents left behind by the DDS highlight the extent to which Habre oversaw its day-to-day operations.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
Originally, as opposed to a DEC microtape; nowadays, as opposed to modern QIC and DDS tapes.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
"We know from research that dental pain in most patients can be controlled with non-opioid medications, avoiding the risks of opioids," said co-author Romesh Nalliah, D.D.S.,
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
“Socially and in the workplace, bad breath is a really bad thing, like body odor,” says halitosis expert Steven Fox, D.D.S., of Fox Fresh Breath Dental.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2018
In 2009, as chair of the Commission on Human Rights, she opened a high-profile investigation into links between Duterte and the D.D.S.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 13, 2016
He earned a D.D.S. from Meharry Medical College, a historically black institution in Nashville, and joined his father in practice.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2011
And a Dr. H. Springfield, D.D.S., who suggested I visit at my earliest convenience.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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