100 Dentist Quotes

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Famous Dentist Quotes

The best dentistry is no dentistry at all. —

A gynecologist is the dentist for the downstairs mouth. — Daniel Tosh

You can't blame a dentist for looking down at the mouth. — Albanian Proverbs

Never open your mouth,unless you're in the dentist chair — Sammy Gravano

To the person with a toothache, even if the world is tottering, there is nothing more important than a visit to a dentist. — George Bernard Shaw

Just like cosmetic surgery, teeth whitening is a personal choice. Your dentist shouldn't be the one to bring it up—it should be YOU who brings it up and drives the treatment. — Mark Burhenne

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

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

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill. — Johnny Carson

Photographers, along with dentists, are the two professions never satisfied with what they do. Every dentist would like to be a doctor and inside every photographer is a painter trying to get out. — Pablo Picasso

I went to the dentist. He said "Say Aaah." I said "Why?" He said "My dog's died." — Tommy Cooper

If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas. — Mason Cooley

What doctor does not need platform heels and dark black eyeliner to treat their patients? — Sarah Chalke

Millions of Americans, adults and children, lack access to dental care. — Michael K. Simpson

Some tortures are physical And some are mental, But the one that is both Is dental. — Ogden Nash

An aching tooth is better out than in. To lose a rotting member is a gain. — Richard Baxter

Short Dentist Quotes

  • I consider mouthwash to be one of the top mistakes made by both dentists and their patients. —
  • Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth. — Bill Vaughan
  • A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last. — Helen Rowland
  • Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething. — Mark Twain
  • A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth. — George D. Prentice
  • Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond. — Miguel de Cervantes
  • The only people who need degrees are dentists and brain surgeons. — David Hockney
  • The thing about a cavity search is this: it has nothing to do with the dentist. — Gordon Korman
  • I told my dentist I want a tooth to match the others. He gave my one with four cavities. — Rodney Dangerfield
  • All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day. — Evelyn Waugh

Dental Quotes

The oral microbiome is the key to understanding how to prevent & treat dental diseases in the future. Ignoring it could be as detrimental to dentistry as antibiotic resistance is to healthcare! — Mark Burhenne

I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner? - Frank Zappa

I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner? — Frank Zappa

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records. — Bob Plager

My wife is such a bad cook, if we leave dental floss in the kitchen the roaches hang themselves. — Rodney Dangerfield

My dental hygienist is cute. Every time I visit, I eat a whole package of Oreo cookies while waiting in the lobby. Sometimes she has to cancel the rest of the afternoon's appointments. — Steven Wright

When we talk about the healthcare crisis in America we've got to also be talking about the dental crisis and how to address it. — Bernie Sanders

If we take care of our mental health like our dental health; we'll be ok. — Howie Mandel

I embarked on a risky course of plastic surgery and silicone injections, major dental realignments and gruesome medical procedures. I pray that young dancers, those who imitate me at their peril, will avoid this blind alley. It is more than a dead end; it is a dead beginning. — Gelsey Kirkland

I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that they have to be identified by their dental records. What I can't understand is, if they don't know who you are, how do they know who your dentist is? — Paul Merton

I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities. — Mark Spitz

Dental Work Quotes

For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories. — Kim Campbell

I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe. — Morgan Freeman

I got some real rough dental work done not long ago, and my mouth's still numb right here [points to the left side of his chin]. So it kind of messes with my speech a little bit, so don't y'all think that I took too many cos I haven't. — Roy Jones Jr.

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get. — George D. Prentice

I've been giving free money seminars for the troops at Walter Reed Hospital and one of the Iraqi War Vets realized that the military wouldn't pay for the dental work he needed. — Matthew Lesko

I had very good dentures once. Some magnificent gold work. It's the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women fully appreciate. — Graham Greene

My health plan doesn't cover dental, so I enrolled my teeth as 32 dependents, each needing a complete physical once a year. — Robert Breault

We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us. — Lisa Lutz

But the most valuable lesson he taught me was this: Every day we get older, and some of us get wiser, but there's no end to our evolution. We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us. — Lisa Lutz

Moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon. — Frank Zappa

Dent Quotes

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. — George W. Bush

So long, and thanks for all the fish. — Douglas Adams

How many roads must a man walk down? — Douglas Adams

If someday, in a morning, you see you, in a mirror or the dent of a spoon, and wonder Where is my soul and Where has it gone, remember this: Catch the gaze of a woman on the metro, subway, tram. Look at a man. Seek and you will find you in the silvered space, a flash between souls. — Naomi Shihab Nye

We're here to make a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why even be here? We're creating a completely new consciousness, like an artist or a poet. That’s how you have to think of this. We're rewriting the history of human thought with what we're doing. — Steve Jobs

Let's make a dent in the universe — Steve Jobs

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of. — Douglas Adams

I received a shot and broke my tooth. Unfortunately, we Italians only eat pasta al dente. — Roberto Baggio

Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it. — Douglas Adams

As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking. — Thomas Sowell

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More Dentist Quotes

Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoe makers 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 that there He makes men. — Daniel Webster

Low-income people, racial or ethnic minorities, pregnant women, seniors, people with special needs, people in rural areas - they all have a much harder time accessing a dentist than other groups of Americans. — Bernie Sanders

There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth. Some evils admit of consolations, but there are no comforters for dyspepsia and the toothache. — Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer

I want to get just as many people ready for Heaven as I can. Hell is a place where there is 'weeping and gnashing of teeth'; Heaven is a place of joy, happiness and no tears . . . Being a soul winner is greater than being a preacher or a great doctor or a great dentist or a great businessman. Let's get people ready for Heaven. — Lee Roberson

Bluntly put, there's no chance that your doctor, dentist, or attorney is a high-school dropout. Your stockbroker, however, just might be. — William J. Bernstein

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair. — Augusten Burroughs

I didn't want to be an actress. I wanted to be a dentist, but you never know what life will bring you. — Sofia Vergara

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid. — John Maynard Keynes

My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was. — Lasse Hallstrom

I am keeping with tradition today. After I learned of my Golden Globe nomination, I went to the dentist, so today, let's make it the orthodontist. — Frankie Muniz

Look, if you have somebody who doesn't have health insurance, who doesn't have a doctor or dentist, and in order to deal with their cold or flu or dental problem, they go to an emergency room - in general, that visit will cost ten times more than walking into a community health center. — Bernie Sanders

It's no good protecting people or even looking after them past a certain point. One can't grasp more than a piece of anyone. Most of the rest can only be protected by themselves and the remainder by hired specialists and doctors and dentists and professional protectors. — Ian Fleming

According to my mother, there pretty much wasn't anything I wouldn't eat as a child.... I was even inclined to dig into stuff about which she expressed open disgust... cheap Chinese food with pepper so hot it made your gums feel like a medieval dentist had been at them. — Alice Domurat Dreger

I don't believe in the hereditary principle in the House of Lords. Imagine going to the dentist, sitting in the chair and he says, 'I'm not a dentist myself, but my father was a dentist and his father before him. Now, open wide! — Tony Benn

What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist? — C. S. Lewis

Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists. — Ann Landers

Maybe honeymoons are God's anesthesia. Like the "laughing gas" used by dentists, perhaps honeymoons are designed to protect us from a bit of the pain and fear involved in doing something that, while scary and uncomfortable, is for our own good in the long run. — Sue Thoele

Although a life-long fashion dropout, I have absorbed enough by reading Harper's Bazaar while waiting at the dentist's to have grasped that the purpose of fashion is to make A Statement. My own modest Statement, discerned by true cognoscenti, is, "Woman Who Wears Clothes So She Won't Be Naked. — Molly Ivins

In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn; color your hair; watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five. In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world; or you can just jump off it. — Jodi Picoult

It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on. — C. S. Lewis

Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards. — Peter Tork

No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought? --Poirot — Agatha Christie

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

Two of the most frustrated trades are dentists and photographers - dentists because they want to be doctors, and photographers because they want to be painters. — Pablo Picasso

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