1
: of or relating to the teeth or dentistry
2
: articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue against or near the upper front teeth
: a dental consonant
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Investigators said Buck was not an employee of the dental office and was working in a temporary capacity at the office after being hired through a staffing agency.
—Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
During the investigation, police also learned that Buck wasn't an employee of the dental office and was working as a temp through a staffing agency at the time of the incident.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Collins, a 9/11 truther and QAnon convert who sports a black MAGA hat and custom dental fangs, moved to rural Shawmut, Montana, in 2016 to build a bug-out — an off-grid fortress suitable for waiting out a plague or world war — and raise horses with his wife, Starla.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
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His father, John, was a jazz musician and doctor of dental surgery, and his mother, Rita, was a mathematics teacher.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Investigators said Buck was not an employee of the dental office and was working in a temporary capacity at the office after being hired through a staffing agency.
—Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
During the investigation, police also learned that Buck wasn't an employee of the dental office and was working as a temp through a staffing agency at the time of the incident.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Collins, a 9/11 truther and QAnon convert who sports a black MAGA hat and custom dental fangs, moved to rural Shawmut, Montana, in 2016 to build a bug-out — an off-grid fortress suitable for waiting out a plague or world war — and raise horses with his wife, Starla.
—Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Dental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dental. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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