How to Use dental hygienist in a Sentence

dental hygienist

noun
  • Teeth cleaning, also known as dental cleaning or dental prophylaxis, is when a dentist or dental hygienist thoroughly cleans your teeth, gums, and the inside of your mouth.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Putting off that visit to the dental hygienist may not be such a good idea just now.
    Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
  • At some point, everyone ends up in the dental hygienist’s chair with their X-rays up on the screen.
    Susanna Schrobsdorff, Time, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Cathy Oleson, a part-time dental hygienist in Los Gatos, has been unable to work for weeks.
    Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 30 Apr. 2020
  • And after every use, my mouth feels like it was cleaned by a dental hygienist.
    Emily Belfiore, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The radio alarm that wakes him up is named after his dental hygienist, Mary.
    Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Her daughter is now in college, and her son is a dental hygienist.
    Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Monika, who works as a dental hygienist, said their house in New Braunfels on a third-acre lot with a three-car garage was her dream home.
    Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2022
  • His wife, Roslyn, gave up her career as a dental hygienist to run the coffee business.
    CBS News, 26 Oct. 2019
  • Amy Egert, a dental hygienist in Severn, Maryland, was laid off in mid-March.
    Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2020
  • Jane is a dental hygienist who works the opposite hours.
    Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Chenault grew up in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood, the son of a dentist and a dental hygienist.
    Washington Post, 4 May 2021
  • The 55-year-old dental hygienist died at a hospital a short time later.
    Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Is the urge to sit in a restaurant so great that customers will endure an experience that is more like a trip to the dental hygienist?
    Kim Severson, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2020
  • Use Clean Mode to give your mouth a deep and thorough cleaning to maintain healthy teeth and wow your dental hygienist at your next visit.
    Liz Sommer, Chron, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Su, pictured above, is a dental hygienist who works in Newport Beach.
    Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor dec. 20, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • His grandparents lived around the corner, which doubled as day care when his mom was at work as a dental hygienist.
    Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2021
  • The groom’s mother retired as a dental hygienist in Oyster Bay.
    Vincent M. Mallozzi, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Maro was set to graduate from high school, and wanted to pursue a career as a dental hygienist.
    Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 5 May 2022
  • The 52-year-old from Cromwell, Connecticut, sat in the dentist's chair and saw her usual dental hygienist of five years, Nicole, for her routine cleaning.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
  • According to the dental hygienist, this in itself is worth talking about more.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Nancy Orbe, 64, a dental hygienist and photographer who lives in Brewster, was thrilled that the bird had found its way to her backyard.
    Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The next day, the former dental hygienist got her ticket to Paradise Valley after all.
    Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022
  • Alexandra Seely, a 27-year-old dental hygienist, had never been in court except to deal with a traffic ticket.
    USA Today, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Tim is an Indiana state trooper, and Julie is a dental hygienist.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The conflict has been especially hard on Toni, a retired dental hygienist, who, like him, knows just about everybody in the town of about 1,000.
    Dan Gearino, ABC News, 29 July 2022
  • Her mother, who is also retired, was a dental hygienist in Carmel.
    New York Times, 6 May 2018
  • Zatroch, trained as a dental hygienist ,works as a dental office manager and is the mother of an 11-year-old daughter.
    cleveland, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Megan Lenius recalled a simple question by her dental hygienist that made her pause briefly.
    Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
  • Her career has been going so well that it’s been more than a year since she’s worked at her fallback occupation: dental hygienist.
    Rhoda Feng, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023

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