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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The next page shows an iMessage conversation in which Kathleen sends (Today 15:47) a selfie from the dentist’s office, a single gold crown shining next to a white-gloved hand. —

Max Norman, ARTnews.com, 9 Dec. 2024 The American Dental Association has shown a dramatic increase in spending at the dentist office, as many people make emergency dentist visits as teeth get cracked on candy. —

Jay L. Zagorsky / The Conversation, Quartz, 28 Oct. 2024 On TikTok, there are the dentist heads — smaller, miked up, parked on the bottom-left or -right corner of the screen — and then there are the mouths. —

Emma Alpern, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024 After the Procedure After a pulpotomy, the dentist will provide aftercare instructions. —

Laura Schober, Health, 1 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the dentist