Definition of dental hygienist
: a licensed dental professional who cleans and examines teeth
- Trending Now: More Trending:
- hogwash probity sequacious inadmissible oligarch, pejorative
- ALL
What's Trending Now
More Trending Words
Recent Examples of dental hygienist from the Web
-
Cristina, mother of two, married to Dean Kowal, is a dental hygienist.
-
The idea for the company came from Cyndi Sladics, the family matriarch, who spent 31 years as a dental hygienist and recommended straws to patients with sensitive teeth and staining worries.
-
Coronado has enrolled into a dental hygienist program for Hispanics at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
-
Gail Needham, a dental hygienist, was working in the long, rectangular tan building in the lower right-hand section of this photo.
-
Her mother, who is also retired, was a dental hygienist in Carmel.
-
Nine years ago, Reiko, a dental hygienist in her early thirties, contacted Family Romance to rent a part-time father for her ten-year-old daughter, Mana, who, like many children of single mothers in Japan, was experiencing bullying at school.
-
In the suburb of Mount Lebanon, dental hygienist Janet Dellana said after voting on Tuesday that she was outraged by Trump’s wobbly reaction to the deadly school shooting in Florida.
-
More than 400 volunteer doctors, dentists, nurses, and dental hygienists, as well as many others in the areas of outreach & education give their time to the cause.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dental hygienist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of dental hygienist
1916
DENTAL HYGIENIST Defined for English Language Learners
dental hygienist
Definition of dental hygienist for English Language Learners
-
: a person who works with a dentist and whose job includes cleaning people's teeth
Medical Dictionary
dental hygienist
medical Definition of dental hygienist
: a person who assists a dentist especially in cleaning teeth
Learn More about dental hygienist
-
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about dental hygienist
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up dental hygienist? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
