dental nurse

noun

1. a dentist's assistant, esp one who passes instruments, mixes fillings, etc
2. a nurse trained to do fillings and carry out other minor dental work on schoolchildren

Example Sentences

Ms Gurung - a qualified dental nurse herself - said there needs to be pay reform for dentists.

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"I was in such a state and I couldn't have got out there myself," said the trainee dental nurse.

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Volunteer and dental nurse Chloe Blake said at the surgery where she worked, they were constantly being asked if they could accept new patients.

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The inquest heard Ms Edwards, whose occupation was given as dental nurse and beautician, was pronounced dead at Arrowe Park Hospital on Christmas Day after being taken there from the pub.

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The inquest heard the dental nurse "religiously avoided" all dairy products following a near-fatal allergic reaction some months earlier.

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