A dentist is a person who is qualified to examine and treat people's teeth. Visit your dentist twice a year for a check-up. The dentist or the dentist's is used to refer to the surgery or clinic where a dentist works. It's worse than being at the dentist's
means an individual licensed by a State or Territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to practice dentistry
A person duly licensed to practice dentistry in the state or country in which the dental services are rendered He or she can be a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Medical Dentistry (DMM)
One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon