dental technician

noun

Definition of dental technician

: one who makes dental appliances

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There are two Republicans vying for the spot to challenge Smith: State Sen. Karin Housley faces dental technician and first-time candidate Bob Anderson. Ella Nilsen, Vox, "Live results for Minnesota primary elections," 14 Aug. 2018 Backers hoped the credential would help students find entry-level work in healthcare and move on to earn certificates in any of 11 related programs that would train them for such jobs as respiratory therapists or dental technicians. Rosanna Xia, latimes.com, "L.A. Trade-Tech administrators received $157,000 for work they failed to justify, investigation finds," 8 July 2018 Lorenzo also went to school, earning her Florida license to become a dental technician. David Ovalle, miamiherald, "Feds decided to deport her — two decades after her Miami marijuana arrest," 5 July 2018 Stephen Arnold Mandell was the son of I. Edward Mandell, a dental technician, and Anne Mandell, a homemaker. Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, "Stephen A. Mandell, Grammy award-winning guitarist for "Dueling Banjos," dies," 20 Mar. 2018 But the common denominator of a small group of patients at a Virginia clinic over a 15-year period is worrying the Centers for Disease Control: Eight were dentists; a ninth was a dental technician. The Washington Post, NOLA.com, "Dentists keep dying from a lung disease, but no one knows why," 11 Mar. 2018 But the common denominator of a small group of patients at a Virginia clinic over a 15-year period is worrying the Centers for Disease Control: Eight were dentists; a ninth was a dental technician. Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Philly.com, "Dentists keep dying of this deadly lung disease. The CDC can't figure out why.," 10 Mar. 2018 But the common denominator of a small group of patients at a Virginia clinic over a 15-year period is worrying the Centers for Disease Control: Eight were dentists; a ninth was a dental technician. Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, "Dentists keep dying of this deadly lung disease. The CDC can’t figure out why.," 10 Mar. 2018 Out of nearly 900 patients studied over roughly two decades, the CDC found eight dentists and one dental technician, all men, had the disease. Elana Glowatz, Newsweek, "Dentists Mysteriously Dying of Lung Disease: CDC Report," 9 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of dental technician

1946, in the meaning defined above

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dental technician

noun

Medical Definition of dental technician

: a technician who makes dental appliances