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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Little Girl Goes Viral After Spending Walmart Gift Card on Rotisserie Chicken: 'My Kind of Girl' The first place Aspen, 3, took the cicada outside the house was to the dentist for her first teeth-cleaning appointment. —

Jordan Greene, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025 Using fluoride mouth rinses or going to the dentist to get fluoride treatments would be much more expensive. —

Pien Huang, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025 Next, brushing with a fluoride toothpaste can help remove plaque, bacteria and food particles from the surface of the teeth, the dentist advised. —

Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for the dentist