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dental hygiene

British  

noun

  1. Also called: oral hygiene.  the maintenance of the teeth and gums in healthy condition, esp by proper brushing, the removal of plaque, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Since the early 20th century, these have been labelled “toothpick grooves” and interpreted as signs of tool use or dental hygiene.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

“I was shocked,” says Tracy Swift, who teaches dental hygiene at Albany State University in Georgia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Taken together, while the average person might recoil from this pic, it’s not damning of Kennedy’s dental hygiene.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2025

Omar Hernandez explored dental hygiene programs at USC and West Coast University before enrolling at West Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2023

Kissing looks like too much of somebody else’s dental hygiene if you ask me.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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