Definition of Dentist by Merriam-Webster

den·tist | ˈden-təst

: 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 In her own TikTok video documenting the experience, Rendulic acknowledges that her actions wouldn’t be sanctioned by a dentist.
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Washington Post, “Millions have watched TikTokers file their own teeth. Now, two of these DIY dentists say: Don’t try it.,” 24 Sep. 2020 An Alaska dentist was also filmed riding a hoverboard during a procedure on a patient who was under anesthesia was convicted on 46 counts of defrauding the federal Medicaid program has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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CBS News, “Dentist who extracted a patient’s tooth while riding a hoverboard sentenced to 12 years,” 18 Sep. 2020 The infamous hoverboarding dentist of Alaska has been found guilty of fraud and unlawful dental acts and was sentenced to 12 years in prison this week, according to the Anchorage Daily News.
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, “Hoverboarding dentist gets 12 years in prison for fraud, unlawful dental acts,” 17 Sep. 2020 One day at the end of April, dentist Azmera Shaikh tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
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Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, Science | AAAS, “From leprosy to COVID-19, how stigma makes it harder to fight epidemics,” 16 Sep. 2020 Lookhart’s trial included testimony from several of his former patients — including a woman had a tooth pulled while the dentist was standing on a hoverboard.
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Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, “Dentist Who Removed Tooth While on a Hoverboard Sentenced to 12 Years Behind Bars,” 16 Sep. 2020 In some situations that involve, say, a restaurant and a dentist with the same name, the courts usually rule that the businesses are different enough to avoid confusion.
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Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, “Orlando Mills 50 bakery ‘Paris Bánh Mì’ sues competitor with a similar name for copyright infringement,” 14 Sep. 2020 At 25 points, surfing was somehow rated riskier than going to IKEA (20 points), which was only one point more than going to the dentist.
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Annie Vainshtein, SFChronicle.com, “How does an SF house with 11 roommates navigate the coronavirus? It’s complicated,” 18 Sep. 2020 Court records show the dentist was due back in court Dec. 7, when he was expected to begin serving his sentence.
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NBC News, “Hoverboard-riding dentist sentenced to 12 years for Medicaid fraud,” 17 Sep. 2020

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