noun
someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)
• Hypernyms: ↑skilled worker, ↑trained worker, ↑skilled workman
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noun, pl ⋯ -ists [count]
: a person who works with a dentist and whose job includes cleaning people's teeth
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= ↑hygienist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.