dentistry
/ˈdɛntɪstɹi/noun
dentistry is spelled D-E-N-T-I-S-T-R-Y: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dentistry means “The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dentistry is dentistries.
How many letters and syllables are in dentistry?
| Letters | 9: D-E-N-T-I-S-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,342nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dentistry?
Dentistry appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dentistry?
- /ˈdɛntɪstɹi/
Dentistry has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dentistry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dentistry
- dentistries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dentistry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.
- 2
Operations performed on teeth and adjoining areas such as drilling, filling cavities, and placing crowns and bridges.
- 3
A dental surgery, an operation on the teeth.
Dr. Landsberg, of Posen, states that when children's teeth are put in order by means of school dentistries, anaemia, one of the most frequent school diseases, will be greatly diminished.
- 4
A place where dental operations are performed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dentistry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the field of medicine which studies and treats conditions of the teeth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | odontologie, dentisterie |
| German | Zahnmedizin, Zahnheilkunde |
| Portuguese | odontologia |
| Spanish | odontología, dentistería, dentística (Americanism) |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dentistry come from?
From dentist + -ry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).