dental hygiene


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

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How to use dental hygiene in a sentence

  • Guys with horrible dental hygiene still chew scenery and gibberish still unvaryingly stands in for dialogue.

  • Finally, the dental, medical, and nursing professions and the press must be enlisted in the school's campaign for dental hygiene.

    Civics and Health | William H. Allen
  • Not one of these would print articles proving that the supplies advertised by their backers were inimical to dental hygiene.

    Civics and Health | William H. Allen
  • Schools should see that parents understand the æsthetics, the economics, the humanity of dental hygiene.

    Civics and Health | William H. Allen
  • The medieval surgeon arranged his rules in ten distinct canons, creating in this way a kind of decalogue of dental hygiene.

    Medieval Medicine | James J. (James Joseph) Walsh