歯科医|しかいshikai[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. noundentist
   たまたま彼女かのじょの夫おっとは歯科医しかいだった。↗

   It happened that her husband was a dentist.

• Synonym歯医者はいしゃNeutralThe everyday word, most common in conversation; it can also mean the dental clinic itself. 「歯科医」 is the more formal, written choice.
• Synonym歯科医師しかいしWrittenThe legal qualification name for a dentist; the most formal of the three, as in 「歯科医師国家試験」.

For a dentist in writing or formal prose, use 「歯科医」; in everyday speech say 「歯医者（さん）」. 「歯科医師」 is the legal qualification name — the most formal, as in 「歯科医師国家試験」.

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1. 歯はや口くちの病気びょうきを治療ちりょうする医者いしゃ。