- 1 (formal dental surgeon) a person whose job is to take care of people’s teeth Wordfinderdentistanaesthetic, cavity, check-up, crown, dentist, dentures, drill, extract, filling, hygienist Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivegood, qualified, registered, … verb + dentistrecommend, register with dentist + nounappointment, office, chair, … phrasesa dentist’s appointment, a/the dentist’s office, a/the dentist’s chair, … See full entry See related entries: Medical staff, Professions
- 2dentist’s (pl. dentists) a place where a dentist sees patients an appointment at the dentist’s She couldn’t get treatment because she wasn’t registered with the dentist. More Like This Shops, etc. with apostrophes baker’s, barber’s, butcher’s, chemist’s, dentist’s, doctor’s, fishmonger’s, florist’s, greengrocer’s, grocer’s, hairdresser’s, ironmonger’s, jeweller’s, newsagent’s, optician’s, stationer’s, tobacconist’s, travel agent’sSee worksheet. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivegood, qualified, registered, … verb + dentistrecommend, register with dentist + nounappointment, office, chair, … phrasesa dentist’s appointment, a/the dentist’s office, a/the dentist’s chair, … See full entry Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French dentiste, from dent ‘tooth’, from Latin dens, dent-.
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