: 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
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 on the Web
The American Dental Association, which represents about 160,000 dentists nationwide and establishes guidelines for the profession, declined an interview request.
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Anna Werner, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Betty needed Novocaine for a dentist to remove the dentures, McLeod said.
—Sahana Jayaraman, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2024
Cabarrus County employs roughly 1,300 people — with attorneys, detention officers, dentists and librarians among them.
—Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
Nationally, one primary care doctor per 1,310 people, one dentist per 1,380 and one mental health provider per 340 people.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2024
The madcap champion of motormouth comedies seemingly veers weirdly off-course in dramatizing the career of the mid-nineteenth-century dentist named William Morton (played by the gruffly folksy Joel McCrea), who, despite opposition from doctors, pioneered the use of ether as an anesthetic.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
Any good dentist would tell you that oral health starts with brushing teeth.
—Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
Getting yourself to a dentist, or looking after your health—the world is a bit more unstable, so look after yourself.
—Rob Reddick, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
People move back-and-forth each day to attend school in the U.S. or see a dentist in Matamoros, just across the border.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
Anna Werner, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Betty needed Novocaine for a dentist to remove the dentures, McLeod said.
—Sahana Jayaraman, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2024
Cabarrus County employs roughly 1,300 people — with attorneys, detention officers, dentists and librarians among them.
—Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
Nationally, one primary care doctor per 1,310 people, one dentist per 1,380 and one mental health provider per 340 people.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2024
The madcap champion of motormouth comedies seemingly veers weirdly off-course in dramatizing the career of the mid-nineteenth-century dentist named William Morton (played by the gruffly folksy Joel McCrea), who, despite opposition from doctors, pioneered the use of ether as an anesthetic.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
Any good dentist would tell you that oral health starts with brushing teeth.
—Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
Getting yourself to a dentist, or looking after your health—the world is a bit more unstable, so look after yourself.
—Rob Reddick, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
People move back-and-forth each day to attend school in the U.S. or see a dentist in Matamoros, just across the border.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Dentist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dentist. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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dentist
noun
den·tist
ˈdent-əst 
: a professional person who is trained in the care, treatment, and repair of the teeth and the fitting of artificial teeth
Medical Definition
dentist
noun
den·tist
ˈdent-əst
: 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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