dental practice
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈdɛntəl ˈpræktɪs/
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consulta dental
- Many families trust our dental practice for their children's dental care and health.
- ran a dental practice
- manager of a dental practice
So you, if you roll up, you know, there's small kind of dental practices with two or three.
- So you, if you roll up, you know, there's small kind of dental practices with two or three.
- I've had it with cutie names for dental practices.
Examples
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Dr. Smith opened his own dental practice to provide quality care to the community.
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He's got a very successful dental practice in Manhattan.
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I told her I had my own dental practice.
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See, back home, her father and I ran a dental practice together.
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This was his dental practice before.
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We have a dental practice there.
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You were just setting up your dental practice in town, right?
Blog text (34) -
Every single GP practice, dental practice and community pharmacy has had a PPE delivery.
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When my father had finished his sentence with the Navy, we moved to Ketchikan, an island in southeastern Alaska, where he bought a dental practice and, three years later, a fishing boat.
Fiction book (1992) -
After years of working for others, she finally established her own dental practice in the city.
Synonyms
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A business where a doctor or lawyer works and sees clients
How Big
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a business or clinic where dentistry is practiced' is directly derivable from combining 'dental' (pertaining to teeth/dentistry) with 'practice' (a professional business or clinic). This adjective+noun composition is a common, cross-linguistically transparent pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Dental practice is made from dental, meaning about teeth, and practice, meaning a place where someone 'practices' their work. It gives the picture of a dentist doing their job in one office, so the phrase means 'a dental clinic or business'.