adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dental clinic (= treating problems with teeth )
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a specialist dental clinic
a dentist’s/dental appointment
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She has a dental appointment, so she won’t be in until later.
dental floss
dental hygienist
dental nurse
dental surgeon
dental treatment
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You may be entitled to free dental treatment.
go for a medical/dental etc check
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She advised me to go for a medical check.
oral/dental hygiene
tooth/dental decay
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Eating too much sugar causes tooth decay.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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appointment
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She has a dental appointment this afternoon and she's been a little bit nervous about it.
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Nobody gets injured, but some one may be called to supper or a dental appointment and require a substitute.
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I was already forty-five minutes late for a dental appointment and had plenty of time to reflect upon the day.
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So if you dash to work unfed, you're more likely to forget that vital mid-morning phone call or dental appointment .
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She's moaning about all your dental appointments , saying it would be better if you could go after school.
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But you haven't had any dental appointments , have you?
care
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Ships called every fortnight, providing the islanders with medical and dental care , and commercial and travel opportunities.
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Most senior citizens also lack coverage for prescription drugs and dental care , which are not covered by Medicare.
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The Community Dental Service is required to provide clinical dental care for those patients refused dental treatment by a general dental practitioner.
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Proposition 186 would cover prescriptions for everyone, preventive dental care for adults and full dental care for children.
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The monthly fee covers continuous ordinary dental care .
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Proposition 186 would cover prescriptions for everyone, preventive dental care for adults and full dental care for children.
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Others are planned for dental care .
check
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In addition higher charges were made for all forms of dental treatment and new charges introduced for sight and dental checks .
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These Seventies coup s turn up at auctions like bad teeth at an infant's school dental check .
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And despite complaining about charges for dental checks , it would not consider removing them for years.
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Regular dental checks will help make sure that dentures fit.
dam
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So it's no wonder that we have heard very little about dental dams .
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She and her partner, woman or man, need to know about dental dams .
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Yet in Manchester, where I live, there is no freely available information about outlets for dental dams .
decay
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More than half have dental decay in their milk teeth, and she believes that the problem is increasing.
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Hypoplastic teeth with advanced dental decay are also observed.
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We found no association between extent of active dental decay and risk of coronary heart disease.
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My father, a dentist of the old school, believed that milk encouraged dental decay .
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A fluoride mouth wash will help to prevent dental decay .
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Water fluoridation costing £260,000 is to restart to protect against dental decay in the region.
disease
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The essential question is whether the association between dental disease and coronary heart disease is causal.
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Is there any tenderness over the sinuses or evidence of ear or dental disease ? 7.
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In conclusion, we found an association of coronary heart disease with periodontal disease and other measures of dental disease.
floss
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In the bathroom she slid dental floss in and out between her teeth.
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Use dental floss to sew buttons on to heavy fabric such as coats.
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I manoeuvre the dental floss into place in front of an aghast Lucker, and whip them away, as Laverne instructed.
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The best way of gittin' them off is with dental floss .
health
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Thus the impact of an increased risk of coronary heart disease associated with poor dental health could be substantial.
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Poor dental health was also encountered in many segments of the population.
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The study of past dental health can provide only general indications about the food eaten.
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In the interest of good dental health , however, it is a wise idea.
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He showed that five years later the dental health of children in Kilmarnock had deteriorated.
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These have included discipline, road safety and dental health .
hygiene
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Regular brushing is the lynchpin of all good dental hygiene .
hygienist
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Ask your dentist or dental hygienist for advice on using floss.
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A high percentage of telephone operators are black, for example, but only a very small proportion of dental hygienists are.
problem
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Pegged out: dental problems may be a symptom of other illness in the body, above.
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And dental problems increase alarmingly with age.
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In short, nearly one in three possessed physical defects, a figure which took no account of dental problems or defective vision.
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The message that prevention is better than cure applies just as much to dental problems as it applies to heart disease.
record
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A postmortem examination will take place in Vancouver later today to confirm identification from dental records .
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Full-timers carry medical and dental records and must be willing to rotate doctors.
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The inquest heard they could only be identified using dental records .
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He called for additional dental records to compare with autopsy findings.
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It could only be identified by dental records and fingerprints.
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Traditionally forensic scientists have relied on dental records and presumptive identifications by relatives.
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He was identified by dental records and fingerprints.
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His dentist had supplied dental records .
school
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They are employed at the moment at the university-run dental school which is due to close next year.
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They told him that their plan, at the time, was to recruit primarily from medical and dental schools .
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I saw more of Mama and Dad in those months, too, than I had since my years in dental school .
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Doc Holliday had been to dental school in Baltimore, and he had good hands.
surgeon
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Thus dental surgeons were to be even more out of pocket.
surgery
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If the tooth is loosened in its socket, modern dental surgery may be able to fix it to adjacent teeth.
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The familiar smell of the dental surgery comes from oil of cloves, a component of some dental cements.
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We have our own dental surgery , physio department, dispensary, X-ray unit.
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I was allowed no anaesthetic because I was so drunk, but felt nothing of the emergency dental surgery or stitches.
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People who can't afford private treatment will be forced to visit school dentists or mobile dental surgeries .
treatment
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Products offered by service industries include hospital care, dental treatment , holiday arrangements and accountancy services, for example. 5.
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In addition higher charges were made for all forms of dental treatment and new charges introduced for sight and dental checks.
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In midst of massive dental treatment - it feels like the rebuilding of Windsor Castle in my jaw.
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Nor was there any notice explaining how to get dental treatment on the National Health Service.
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The Community Dental Service is required to provide clinical dental care for those patients refused dental treatment by a general dental practitioner.
work
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I suggested he might consider a spot of dental work , too.
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Then where would they be, with the high cost of dental work ?
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Teeth are an almost certain identification if any dental work has been done, and if the dentist concerned can be found.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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dental treatment
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A month later, he was forced to step down as dean of the dental department at the college.
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After all, we plan for meals, work, dental visits, errands, and television programs.
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In addition higher charges were made for all forms of dental treatment and new charges introduced for sight and dental checks.
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Then they learn that Lincoln employees receive no company-paid dental insurance benefits, no paid holidays, and have no sick leave.
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Then, going through the Wanted Ads in the newspaper, I actually saw three advertisements asking for dental mechanics' assistants.
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They told him that their plan, at the time, was to recruit primarily from medical and dental schools.
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Thus the impact of an increased risk of coronary heart disease associated with poor dental health could be substantial.
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Water fluoridation costing £260,000 is to restart to protect against dental decay in the region.