exodontist

[ek-suh-don-tist]

noun

1. a specialist in exodontics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of exodontist¹

First recorded in 1910–15; exodont(ics) + -ist

Example Sentences

We seem to have developed to the stage where the exodontist takes them out and the prosthodontist puts them back, not only decoratively, but quite efficiently and expensively.

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The dental student, realizing the profits a specialist earns, looks to becoming a dental hygienist, radiographer or exodontist.

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