denturism
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denturism (uncountable)
- The illegal making and fitting of dentures by unqualified practitioners.
- 1996, Ben Jupp, Tom Bentley, Open Wide: Futures for Dentistry in 2010:
- Denturism – the making and fitting of dentures by a practitioner who is not a dentist – is illegal, but it is possible that a small amount of denturism is conducted informally or clandestinely, presumably by dental technicians.