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dentist

[den-tist] / ˈdɛn tɪst /
NOUN
one who practices dentistry
Synonyms
STRONG
dental surgeon endodontist exodontist orthodontist pedodontist periodontist prosthodontist
WEAK
tooth fairy


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"We walk around completely afraid, constantly on alert," said Caroline Lo Bianco, 36, a dentist who had her phone ripped from her hands through the window of an Uber when she was seven months pregnant.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Something like a million people vote in this event every year, according to the daytime news segment that I caught at the dentist the other afternoon while getting a tooth cleaning.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Voskanyan had studied in Armenia to be a dentist and later worked a variety of jobs in America including in construction, jewelry and as a dental technician.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Asking, “When was my son’s dentist appointment?” pulled the date from a text reminder, while “What’s my passport number?” retrieved the data from Photos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

She remembered when she was very small, in New Orleans in the late 1930s, her mother had taken her to the dentist to get a bad tooth pulled.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

It is fully licensed by the Albanian health authorities – and so are all of its 15 resident dentists.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

He warns that unless ministers "fix and fund NHS dentistry", more dentists could choose to reduce their NHS work or leave the service altogether.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have developed a technology that could make it possible for dentists to produce permanent 3D-printed zirconia restorations in a single day.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, there are efforts to overcome a behind-the-scenes barrier between doctors and dentists: records systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

There were business and professional people, such as the militant former Brooklynites Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee, both of them dentists, who had given up their United States’ citizenship.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey



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