: a licensed dental professional who cleans and examines teeth
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Hart intends to become a dental hygienist.—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026 Speech language pathologists, nurse injectors, and dental hygienists all make into the six-figures.—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026 Other survivalists competing for the $250,000 prize include Amey, a dental hygienist; Summer, a general manager; Rhoman, a sales liaison; Katie, an administrative assistant; Olsen, a student; Luke, a construction worker; Polly, a math teacher; RJ, a project manager; and Doug, a business consultant.—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025 In 2022, the BLS reported that health care occupations with particularly high concentrations of women included speech-language pathologists (98 percent), dental hygienists (96 percent), dental assistants (94 percent), and nursing assistants (90 percent).—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dental hygienist