Example Sentences

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Brickman eventually became a well-regarded Atlanta oral surgeon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

The oral surgeon, contemplating the risk of having to explain how he lost a patient during a dental procedure, suggested I take care of the heart issue first.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024

Dr. Alice Sievers, a boarded veterinary dentist and oral surgeon from Vancouver, Wash., volunteered to do the work.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Last April, Chris Kotchick, a Scranton, Pa., oral surgeon, and his family spent a week on a chartered catamaran in the calm, clear waters off the British Virgin Islands.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2023

By the time he was twenty-three, and he got himself to an oral surgeon, they had rotated sideways inside his gums and were ejecting themselves through the tissue under his nose.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover