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The Dentist is an American horror film released in 1996. It was directed by Brian Yuzna and written by Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon and Charles Finch. The film stars Corbin Bernsen as Dr. Alan Feinstone, Linda Hoffman as Brooke Feinstone and Ken Foree as Detective Gibbs.

The Dentist was followed by The Dentist 2
in 1998, also starring Corbin Bernsen as the titular doctor.

Plot

It's been six months. Time for your check-up!

Dr. Alan Feinstone (Corbin Bernsen) is obsessed with order and cleanliness. On the day of his wedding anniversary, he spies his wife Brooke (Linda Hoffman) having sex with their filthy poolman, Matt (Michael Stadvec). Feinstone waits for them to finish, retrieves his handgun (a .380 Walther PPK) and then follows Matt in his car.

He's lead to Paula Robert's (Lise Simms) house, a friend of Brooke's. Hiding the gun behind his back, he quickly makes up a story about inviting Paula to a surprise party for Brooke. He then sneaks into her backyard in time to see Paula invite Matt inside. Paula's dog, a rottweiler, emerges from the yard and attacks Feinstone. He shoots the dog through the head and proceeds to drive to work.

At his dental practice, Feinstone's first patient of the day is young Jody Saunders (Brian McLaughlin), there for his very first dental appointment. Feinstone begins to clean Jody's teeth. Everything goes smoothly at first, until he imagines that Jody's teeth are brown and rotten. His dental pick slips, stabbing Jody in the gums. Jody's mother (Joanne Baron) picks up her crying, bleeding child and leaves angrily.

As Feinstone sees his second patient, beauty queen April Reign (Christa Sauls), Detective Gibbs (Ken Foree) investigates the death of Paula's dog. He suspects the perpetrator was the burglar who has been robbing houses in the neighborhood, though that criminal has never used a gun before.

Alone with April, Feinstone sedates her with nitrous oxide so that he can fill a cavity in one of her molars. As she drifts off into unconsciousness, Feinstone imagines that she has transformed into his wife. He begins kissing and fondling his "wife" on the dental chair, then begins to choke her. April starts to cough and half-wakes up from the gas. Feinstone snaps out of his trance and quickly re-buttons April's blouse and finishes removing her pantyhose. Hiding the pantyhose behind a counter, Feinstone helps the still-coughing April into the arms of her manager, Steve Landers (Mark Ruffalo). They leave angrily, threatening a lawsuit on their way out.

Steve returns a few minutes later and punches Feinstone hard in the mouth. Feinstone decides to end the day early and sends his staff and patients home. Especially disappointed is Sarah (Virginya Keehne), a teenager who desperately wants to get her braces removed. Feinstone's friendly office manager, Candy (Jan Hoag), tells her that she'll have to wait until tomorrow.

Later that night, Brooke meets Feinstone at his practice. He reveals his new Italian opera-themed patient room. He encourages Brooke to try out the room's dental chair. When she does, Feinstone binds her to the chair and sedates her with nitrous oxide. With operatic music blaring in the background, he begins to pull out Brooke's teeth.

Investigating the burglaries, Detective Gibbs and his partner Detective Sunshine (Tony Noakes) arrive at Feinstone's door the next morning to ask him some questions. As they speak, Brooke -- still alive, but sedated -- lies on a pool chair in the backyard while Matt cleans the pool with a scoop. Just as the policemen leave, Matt finds a severed tongue in his net. He lifts Brooke's hat from her face to alert her of this discovery. She moans, reaches for him and displays her mutilated mouth. Feinstone emerges from the house with a kitchen knife and stabs Matt to death.

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