the dentist

noun

variants or the dentist's
: the place where a dentist works
I saw her at the dentist last week.
He goes to the dentist's for a check-up every six months.

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To promote a healthy oral microbiome, the dentist recommends brushing and flossing regularly and performing consistent dental exams. Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025 Their findings, published in the journal BMC Oral Health, suggest that the phobia isn’t necessarily tied directly to the dentist’s chair. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025 Just a nice guy headed to the dentist. Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025 There was no information immediately available about the condition of the building housing the dentist’s office . Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the dentist

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