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Examples of dental hygienist in a Sentence
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His practice employs six dental hygienists who are all near retirement age.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
In recent years, dental hygienists have started working in medical clinics; physicians and dentists have started a professional association to promote working together; and a new kind of clinic—with dentists and doctors under one roof—is emerging.
—Lola Butcher, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
Last March, the media titan announced plans to marry Ann Lesley Smith, a former dental hygienist and conservative radio host.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
More:Wisconsin health care organizations invest in apprenticeship programs to help fill vacancies
The profession lands somewhere between dental hygienists and dentists and often also are licensed dental hygienists.
—Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2024
Kahan’s first few releases are lightly catchy indie pop—the sort of thing that might play at a reasonable volume while a dental hygienist scrapes gunk off your molars.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Women also accounted for nearly 96% of dental hygienists and 94.3% of speech language pathologists.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
One worked as an administrative assistant; the other studied to become a dental hygienist.
—Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
His mother, a dental hygienist, and his father, Horace Wynn, divorced not long after his birth.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1916, in the meaning defined above
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“Dental hygienist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dental%20hygienist. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
dental hygienist
noun
: a person who assists a dentist especially in cleaning teeth
Medical Definition
dental hygienist
noun
: a person who assists a dentist especially in cleaning teeth
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