Definition of dentist
: one who is skilled in and licensed to practice the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, injuries, and malformations of the teeth, jaws, and mouth and who makes and inserts false teeth
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Examples of dentist in a Sentence
I saw her at the dentist last week.
He goes to the dentist's for a check-up every six months.
Recent Examples of dentist from the Web
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Think how different this is compared to a trip to the dentist.
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Virginia's father, Albert Eagles, was a dentist, but in rural Indiana also started an apple orchard, Rascher said.
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Last year on the Akron campus, Children's opened the Celeste Myers Dental Clinic, which has been so busy a second dentist was recently added, Considine said.
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The cultivation venture applicant, Margaret Sharkey, is a retired dentist from the San Francisco Bay Area.
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The Senate also would put $130 million toward higher rates for dentists.
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Two weeks after Mr. Shields was admitted, doctors tried lidocaine — a powerful local anesthetic commonly used by dentists.
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In 2015, Cecil the lion was killed by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer, a trophy hunter, outside of the same national park, sparking international outrage and greater scrutiny of trophy hunting.
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Interestingly, although her father was a physician and her mother a dentist, two of Maes's five siblings are computer scientists.
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Origin and Etymology of dentist
French dentiste, from dent
DENTIST Defined for English Language Learners
dentist
playDefinition of dentist for English Language Learners
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: a person whose job is to care for people's teeth
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the dentist : the place where a dentist works
DENTIST Defined for Kids
dentist
playDefinition of dentist for Students
: a person whose profession is the care, treatment, and repair of the teeth
Medical Dictionary
dentist
playMedical Definition of dentist
: a licensed practitioner who is skilled in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, injuries, and malformations of the teeth, jaws, and mouth and who makes and inserts false teeth
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