hygienist
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Tissot hired a hygienist who confirmed his finding of elevated lead levels in Tissot’s own home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I’ve had to undergo the pickax every time I go to the hygienist, and get ticked off.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
In the view of Stephen Petty, a chemical engineer and industrial hygienist, the data was also flawed because the testing company hired by Norfolk Southern took background samples in contaminated areas, among other things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Alice Worthington, from south Bristol, said she "didn't actually need a hygienist appointment at all" but that "it's impossible to find an NHS dentist, so I paid the £70".
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
When Raymie asked Mrs. Sylvester what she thought about Jim Clarke leaving town with a dental hygienist, Mrs. Sylvester had said, “Well, dear, I have found that most things work out right in the end.”
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
Costs are rising for everything from construction to hygienists to new 3D imaging equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
She added the plan pays for industrial hygienists for testing “as appropriate, to assess whether smoke has caused covered damage to a property.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2025
Sealants were administered by dental hygienists, while SDF was applied by either dental hygienists or registered nurses, all under the supervision of a dentist.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
The government says it recently announced a 40% increase in dentistry training places and has made changes "so dental therapists and hygienists can deliver more treatments".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2023
But it is not anarchy to say that a few great hygienists might enclose or limit the life of all citizens, as nurses do with a family of children.
From Eugenics and Other Evils by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
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