Dokter gigi melihat rontgen saya.

Yes, literally dokter gigi is tooth doctor, and that is the normal Indonesian way to say dentist.

• dokter = doctor
• gigi = tooth / teeth

In Indonesian, noun + noun combinations like this are very common, so dokter gigi works as a set phrase meaning dentist.

Indonesian usually does not use articles like a, an, or the.

So Dokter gigi melihat rontgen saya could mean:

• The dentist looked at my X-ray
• A dentist looked at my X-ray

Which one sounds best depends on context. Indonesian often leaves that unstated unless it really matters.

Melihat means to see, to look at, or to view.

In this sentence, melihat is best understood as looked at or examined visually. So the dentist is looking at the X-ray.

A quick breakdown:

• me-...-lihat is the active verb form
• base/root: lihat = see / look

So melihat is a normal active verb meaning to see/look at.

Yes. In Indonesian, possession is often shown by putting the possessor after the noun:

• rontgen saya = my X-ray
• literally: X-ray my

This is very normal in Indonesian:

• buku saya = my book
• dokter saya = my doctor
• gigi saya = my tooth / my teeth

So rontgen saya is the standard way to say my X-ray.

In general, saya can mean I or me, depending on sentence structure. But here it is clearly possessive: my.

That is because saya comes right after a noun:

• rontgen saya = my X-ray

If it meant me, the structure would be different. So in this sentence there is no real ambiguity.

Yes, rontgen is a common Indonesian word for X-ray, especially in everyday use.

It comes from the name Röntgen, the scientist associated with X-rays. In Indonesian, rontgen can refer to:

• the X-ray image
• an X-ray procedure, depending on context

So melihat rontgen saya naturally means looking at my X-ray.

You may also encounter sinar-X, which is a more literal equivalent of X-ray.

Yes, the basic word order here is the same as English:

• Dokter gigi = subject
• melihat = verb
• rontgen saya = object

So the pattern is:

Subject + Verb + Object

That makes this sentence fairly straightforward for English speakers.

It can mean either tooth or teeth, depending on context.

Indonesian nouns usually do not change form for singular vs. plural the way English nouns do. So:

• gigi can be tooth
• gigi can also be teeth

In dokter gigi, English naturally translates it as dentist, not tooth doctor or teeth doctor, even though gigi itself does not change form.

Not necessarily. If the sentence begins with Dokter gigi, then Dokter is capitalized simply because it is the first word of the sentence.

In the middle of a sentence, it would normally be lowercase unless it is part of a name or direct form of address in a specific context.

For example:

• Saya pergi ke dokter gigi. = I went to the dentist.

No. Indonesian often does not use a separate preposition where English does.

English says:

• look at my X-ray

Indonesian simply says:

• melihat rontgen saya

So melihat already covers the meaning, and no extra word is needed for at.

Yes, and that would change the nuance a little.

• melihat = see / look at
• memeriksa = examine / inspect / check

So:

• Dokter gigi melihat rontgen saya = The dentist looked at my X-ray.
• Dokter gigi memeriksa rontgen saya = The dentist examined my X-ray.

Both are natural, but memeriksa sounds a bit more deliberate or clinical.

A common approximate pronunciation is:

RON(t)-gen

A helpful English-style approximation is something like RON-gen, though Indonesian pronunciation is usually clearer and more even than English.

A few notes:

• r is typically rolled or tapped
• o is a pure vowel, not a diphthong
• g stays hard, as in go

Exact pronunciation can vary a bit by speaker, but that approximation will usually be understood.