dental hygienist
Noun
Meaning
someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)
Source: WordNetHypernyms
Examples
Both sexes allow men dentists inside our mouths, but, well, have you ever let a man who is a dental hygienist inside your mouth? The man must earn his way to our private places in a way not required of a woman--he must become the doctor or the dentist, or forget it.
I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.
My dental hygienist is cute. Every time I visit, I eat a whole package of Oreo cookies while waiting in the lobby. Sometimes she has to cancel the rest of the afternoon's appointments.
Thanks in part to the scholarship, Lucero said her daughter is attending New Mexico State University to become a dental hygienist.
The average salary of a dental hygienist working in San Rafael, California is $104,190.
I am also dental hygienist.