dental technician

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noun

a skilled worker who makes dentures, bridges, etc., as specified by dentists for their patients.

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Origin of dental technician

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby dental technician

dental pulp, dental ridge, dental sac, dental surgeon, dental syringe, dental technician, dentary, dentate, dentate gyrus, dentate nucleus of cerebellum, dentate suture

How to use dental technician in a sentence

Have you looked around the American Dental Association website for an explanation of how fluoridation actually works?
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
Added to drinking water at concentrations of around one part per million, fluoride ions stick to dental plaque.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST

Dental leaders barnstormed the state, and cities began to fluoridate.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
In the milk teeth of man we have another useless and often annoying survival of an ancient state of the dental organs.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
We have pictures of two score of dental instruments that were used by them.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine|James J. Walsh
In other words, the technician is the man who invents or preserves labels to be pasted on the intuitive practices of his art.
Seeing Things at Night|Heywood Broun
Vinegar diluted to about half strength with water makes an excellent dental wash.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
Immense quantities of the gas are used in dental operations.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

Medical definitions for dental technician

dental technician

A person who makes dental appliances and restorative devices, such as bridges or dentures, to the specifications of a dentist.