dental practitioner, dentist, tooth doctor - a person qualified to practice dentistry

doc, doctor, physician, Dr., MD, medico - a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"

caregiver, health care provider, health professional - a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability

inoculator, vaccinator - a medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases

medical officer, medic - a medical practitioner in the armed forces

Hippocrates - medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic Oath (circa 460-377 BC)