dental surgery
2
3.8
- noun
- /ˈdɛntəl ˈsɜrdʒəri/
- Specialized
:
cirugía dental
- Everything I do is healing my hurt feelings when I feel invisible and unappreciated, and seeing how you are getting stronger day by day is helping me as I lie here in bed today recovering from major dental surgery.
And she had to take me to get emergency dental surgery on Christmas Eve.
- And she had to take me to get emergency dental surgery on Christmas Eve.
- Anyway, Maddie was talking and she apparently had had some dental surgery.
- I, I my dental surgery, I can use that Perfect.
Examples
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The dental surgery was scheduled to fix her crooked teeth and improve her bite.
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And she had to take me to get emergency dental surgery on Christmas Eve.
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He's had recent dental surgery.
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This includes copays for an emergency dental surgery, root canal, and the crown.
Blog text (13) -
"Joshua had had some minor dental surgery while Connor was at my house recovering from the stomach flu."
Blog text (27) -
After her dental surgery, she followed her dentist's advice to rest and take prescribed medications.
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He was nervous about the dental surgery but felt relieved when it was over and he could eat normally again.
Synonyms
18
3.0
The care and treatment of teeth and gums
1
3.5
The medical care and treatment of teeth and gums
How Invasive
- Specialized
2
3.8
- Specialized
14
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'dental' (pertaining to teeth) + 'surgery' (surgical specialty), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to surgical treatment related to the teeth/jaws. This is a common, compositional medical compound found across languages, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Dental surgery comes from two words: dental (about the teeth) and surgery (a medical operation). The phrase gives a clear image of a dentist or doctor operating on the mouth to fix or remove teeth or correct the jaw, so it means 'surgical treatment for the teeth, jaws, and mouth'.