How to Use dentist in a Sentence

dentist

noun
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  • He goes to the dentist's for a check-up every six months.
  • The tooth got infected and Sebert had to see a dentist.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Pell plays Gloria, who gave up music to become a dentist.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 May 2024
  • Ask anyone who's ever been to the dentist for anything more than a routine cleaning.
    — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2022
  • In it, Becker asked her friends for dentist recommendations.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 23 June 2024
  • Early on, the building featured retail stores around the atrium and numerous doctors' and dentists' offices in the floors above.
    — Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Betty needed Novocaine for a dentist to remove the dentures, McLeod said.
    — Sahana Jayaraman, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The training setup looked like a dentist’s chair, with two joysticks and a virtual-reality headset.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • His father was a dentist, and his mother, Mildred (Dobbs) Jordan, managed the house.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2024
  • Landeza recalled the agony after a beloved 60-year-old dentist, Lili Xu, was shot and killed last August.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2022
  • However, booking a whitening appointment with your dentist may be the best option to maximize your results.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 15 May 2024
  • Pappas and Kroll also star; she as an introverted distance skier, and he as a volunteer dentist.
    — John Ortved, Vogue, 11 July 2024
  • Your Questions, Answered What sippy cup do dentists recommend?
    — Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
  • In one case, a wallet was cut from the trousers of a dentist killed in the blast.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Rasel Syed, 44, a chef, lives across the street from an NHS dentist.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
  • Raynor, now a dentist in town, took over the team for the season when Pires was unable to coach.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2023
  • After Noori set up one man with a dentist, the man placed his hand over his heart and bowed.
    — Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The latter is a dentist, has a three-year-old son and is about to give birth to her second child.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Talk to a dentist about what teeth-whitening products are safe and how to use them.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Any good dentist would tell you that oral health starts with brushing teeth.
    — Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Now, how the hell are you supposed to know the inner workings of your dentist’s office?
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 19 Sep. 2023
  • And half the cast of SNL appears to have gotten the same massive chompers from 30 Rock’s in-house dentist.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 May 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
  • Coffee, tea, and red wine are a few of the key items, for example, that a dentist might mention to stay away from.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Nov. 2023
  • If toothpaste doesn’t seem to help, pay your dentist a visit.
    — Lacey Muinos, Health, 13 Feb. 2023
  • In the end, though, the pain becomes so bad that the person does eventually visit the dentist.
    — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Ben always wanted to be a dentist, like his father, Jack.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Below are some of Twitter’s reactions to the Met Gala carpet that nine out of ten dentists can agree on.
    — Your Dentist, Vulture, 1 May 2023
  • Today, no one walks into their dentist's office and looks agog at the X-ray machine.
    — Ophir Tanz, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • And nearly 20 years ago, that dentist apparently stumbled on this technique while treating an adolescent named Gabriel Smith.
    — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 25 June 2024

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