dental
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2.9
- adjective
- /ˈdɛntəl/
- Specialized
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dental
- The dentist recommended regular dental check-ups to maintain good oral health.
- dental care
- dental treatment
- dental hygiene
Can I give you some dental hygiene lessons?
- Can I give you some dental hygiene lessons?
- Expanding Medicare so people get vision, dental and hearing coverage.
- Just acquire a dental office and just lock it.
- So the, the dental office would be one of those partnerships.
- Don't get a girlfriend so you can get on her dental plan, you know?
- And then the last, most important step is my dog's dental hygiene before I brush my teeth.
- But if you're weird like me and you like dental hygiene, maybe you'll find this interesting.
- I will use dental floss and then I will Don flannel pajamas.
Examples
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He's got a very successful dental practice in Manhattan.
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But basically I am actually having some dental cosmetic work done soon.
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This is a study of dental pain.
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Can we send for your regular dental records?
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Surely you have had some serious dental work since your last visit?
Fiction book (1991) -
So this dental device, it's called dental slim.
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Can I give you some dental hygiene lessons?
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There was an opening at the dental clinic, and I got in as a dental assistant.
Fiction book (1996) -
Instead, the most common procedure received by these women was dental prophylaxis.
Academic text (2011) -
Expanding Medicare so people get vision, dental and hearing coverage.
Synonyms
89
2.7
About the mouth and the area around it
Compounds
9
3.7
A person who cleans teeth and helps keep the mouth healthy under a dentist's care
4
2.7
A person who helps a dentist by preparing patients and cleaning dental tools
- Specialized
2
4.1
A person who makes dental items like crowns or dentures for a dentist
- Specialized
1
4.2
A mix of mercury and other metals used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
- Specialized
1
3.7
A small metal piece placed in the jaw to hold a new artificial tooth
- Specialized
1
3.2
A chair in a dentist's office that tilts and holds a patient during treatment
- Specialized
1
3.0
A device used to fix damaged teeth and replace missing teeth, like braces or dentures
- Specialized
1
3.0
A soft sticky film of germs that forms on teeth and can cause tooth decay
- Specialized
A dentist with special training who performs surgery on the mouth and teeth
- Specialized
A speech sound made by touching the tongue tip to the upper front teeth
- Specialized
A mix of gold and other metals dentists use for fillings and crowns because it lasts a long time
- Specialized
A small powered tool that holds and spins a round or pointed tip to shape, clean and polish a tooth
- Specialized
A part of medicine that prevents and corrects problems of teeth and jaws
- Specialized
A degree dentists receive after dental school that lets them operate on teeth
- Specialized
A hard paste used to fix metal crowns and as a base under fillings
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Etymology
Dental comes from the Latin part dent- which means 'tooth'. You can see the same part in dentist and denture, so dental refers to anything 'about teeth'.