dentist
Other forms: dentists
A dentist is a doctor who specializes in teeth, gums, and the mouth. If you get a bad toothache, you should probably go to the dentist to make sure you don't have a cavity.
When you visit the dentist, you might have your teeth and gums examined and cleaned, or you may need surgery for an impacted wisdom tooth or x-rays to make sure you don't have cavities. Dentists are health care professionals who attend dental school and train for several years before practicing. Dentist comes from the French dentiste, from dent. or "tooth."
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a person qualified to practice dentistrysynonyms: dental practitioner, tooth doctortypes:dental surgeona dentist qualified to perform surgical proceduresendodontista dentist specializing in diseases of the dental pulp and nerveexodontista dentist specializing in the extraction of teethorthodontista dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teethpedodontista dentist who specializes in the care of children's teethperiodontista dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teethprosthodontista dentist who is expert in prosthodonticstype of:
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Vocabulary lists containing dentist
Sink your teeth into this list of words that derive from the Latin word dens and the Greek word odon, both meaning "tooth." Want to dissect more English words related to anatomy? Here are links to our complete set of Body Language lists: Corp ("Body") / Capit, Capt ("Head") / Or, Os ("Mouth") / Dent, Dont ("Teeth") / Gastr, Gastro ("Stomach") / Neur ("Nerve") / Man ("Hand") / Ped, Pod ("Foot") / Derm ("Skin") / Carn ("Flesh") / Os, Osteo ("Bone") / Cor, Cord, Cardio ("Heart") / Psych ("Mind")
This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that means "someone who works in a profession or activity; someone who follows a school of thought or belief system."