dental technician
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈdɛntəl tɛkˈnɪkʃən/
- Specialized
:
técnico dental
- As a dental technician, she crafts custom dentures for her clients.
Oh, and the dental technicians who are making my fangs.
- Oh, and the dental technicians who are making my fangs.
- So I find myself getting a job as a an assistant in a dental, as a dental technician in the lab.
- But anyway, Andy Richter, a great man and an incredible dental technician.
Examples
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Working as a dental technician, she helps patients by making personalized dental appliances.
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I left after about a month and found employment as an apprentice to a deaf dental technician.
Academic text (1998) -
She's working as a dental technician.
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All dental technicians involved in this study were specially trained by experts employed by the manufacturer.
Academic text (2016) -
I ended up on Guam with the 20th Air Force Headquarters as a dental technician.
Blog text (11) -
An attractive dental technician with an Australian accent cleans.
Fiction book (2000) -
He studied hard to become a dental technician and now creates crowns and bridges.
Synonyms
A person who makes and fits false teeth
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who constructs dental appliances' is directly derivable from 'dental' (pertaining to teeth) combined with 'technician' (a skilled technical worker). This follows the common and transparent English pattern 'X technician' meaning a technician specialized in X, a logic that is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
The compound dental technician comes from a simple image of a skilled worker who makes things for teeth: dental means 'about teeth' and technician means 'a person who works with tools'. So, a dental technician is the person who builds crowns, bridges and dentures to the dentist's instructions.