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dental clinic

British  

noun

  1. a school clinic in which minor dental work is carried out by dental nurses

"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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Rather, they are the kind of larger than life-size illuminated molar that – in these parts at least – advertise that a dental clinic is not too far away.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Its dental clinic alone sees nearly 9,000 patients a year, Hood said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

Barnes’s boss at the dental clinic, Pritpal Gill, said in an interview that Barnes told him before she left Sacramento she was getting a $15,000-a-month “off-the-books” package that included “a big house.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Moultrie, who is Black and has participated in the research project himself, used the opportunity at the dental clinic to encourage the women to sign up and contribute their DNA.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024

A significant pro-slum activity is the dental clinic organized by forty volunteer dentists, acting for an industrial school maintained by the New York Children's Aid Society.

From Civics and Health by William H. Allen

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