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dental surgery

NOUN
surgical procedures on the teeth and gums
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Dahlia Lithwick: In a country that historically did beheadings, hangings, all sorts of objectively gross executions, the decision was made somewhere along the line to medicalize executions, to make it look like dental surgery.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the lawsuit, resident Jack Tipold said he was in the middle of dental surgery when the power failed.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

And he grew that beard—initially to hide disfiguring dental surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

But Campbell, who is traveling to help her 81-year-old mother undergo dental surgery, still worried her flight could be canceled before Saturday morning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2025

The book contains a list of professors, including those of dental surgery, a list of past Presidents of the Oxford Union, a list of owners of Derby winners, but not a list of authors.

From A Novelist on Novels by Walter Lionel George


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