prosthodontist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prosthodontist
First recorded in 1915–20; prosthodont(ics) + -ist
Example Sentences
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As my son’s prosthodontist likes to put it, “Giving us something to work with is better than nothing.”
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2022
Johnson said via email that some of the treatments Rubenstein offers could be completed by a prosthodontist but acknowledged that “the more advanced cases may require that patients go to another location.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2018
On weekends, Dr. Kauffman recharges and spends time with her husband, Igor Gerzon, 56, a prosthodontist, and daughter Paulina Gerzon, 22, an actress who lives in Greenwich Village.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2017
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
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