Dentist
['dentɪst] or ['dɛntɪst]
Definition
(n.) One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.
Editor: Sidney
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Dental surgeon, surgeon dentist.
Inputed by Deborah
Definition
n. one who remedies diseases of the teeth or inserts artificial teeth.—v.i. Den′tise to cut one's teeth.—ns. Den′tistry the business of a dentist; Denti′tion the cutting or growing of teeth: the conformation number and arrangement of the teeth.
Typed by Damian
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a dentist working on your teeth, denotes that you will have occasion to doubt the sincerity and honor of some person with whom you have dealings. To see him at work on a young woman's teeth, denotes that you will soon be shocked by a scandal in circles near you.
Edited by Jeremy
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A prestidigitator who putting metal into your mouth pulls coins out of your pocket.
Typed by Claire
Unserious Contents or Definition
One who punches the face and fills cavities.
Checker: Rene
Examples
- When the services of a dentist are not at hand and the teeth are badly decayed and aching, the following mouth wash is recommended. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- And it was as though one were in the dentist's chair and there were many dentists and they were all insane. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Dentist's chairs have been developed until it is only necessary for the operator to turn a valve governing a fluid, generally oil, under pressure to raise or lower the chair and the patient. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I heard that he went to a dentist's in London on the Monday morning, and had a tooth out. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The oculist, the dentist, indeed medical specialists of all kinds, are coming to recognize the immense aid that electricity can give in its various forms and applications. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Morton, a dentist, of Boston, first applied it as an an?sthetic Oct. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There exists no longer the dread of the dentist's chair unless the patient has neglected too long the visit. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If these means fail apply to a regular dentist. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Harriet really wished, and had wished some time, to consult a dentist. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The following preparation is one of the best for relieving toothache until a dentist can be consulted: =Toothache Drops. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I embrace this opportunity of remarking that he washed his clients off, as if he were a surgeon or a dentist. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And it was as though one were in the dentist's chair and there were many dentists and they were all insane. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is said that there are 20,425 dentists in the United States, and that in 1899 they employed in their practice 20,499,000 false teeth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Others are used by newsboys, egg farmers, housewives, undertakers, dentists, judges in automobile races, and by persons in a thousand different lines of business. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Moira