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dentist

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One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. he told me to wear a brown tie. Rodney Dangerfield

All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day. Evelyn Waugh

Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe jewelers, a monster watch and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth but up in the mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show. Daniel Webster

One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears. Temple Grandin

I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways. Augusten Burroughs

You can't blame a dentist for looking down at the mouth. American Proverb

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