DENTAL HYGIENIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dental hygienist mean? 

• DENTAL HYGIENIST (noun)
  The noun DENTAL HYGIENIST has 1 sense:

1. someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)

  Familiarity information: DENTAL HYGIENIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENTAL HYGIENIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("dental hygienist" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

 Context examples 

You can usually reverse it with daily brushing and flossing and regular cleanings by a dentist or dental hygienist.

(Gum Disease, NIH: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)