What he did say was merely to repeat jokingly that old jest about a dentist being a 'tooth carpenter.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
That gentleman had gone to see a dentist, it appeared, and a young writer informed them that it would be all right so long as the captain of the vessel was British.
"Command"
William McFee
Oh, we found a dentist who had an empty stable.
"My Home In The Field of Honor"
Frances Wilson Huard