dentalden‧tal /ˈdentl/ ●○○ adjective [only before noun] 
Dental care was free in the 60s.dental disease/problems/decay etc
WORD ORIGINdental
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin dentalis, from dens ‘tooth’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- dental treatment
- A month later, he was forced to step down as dean of the dental department at the college.
- After all, we plan for meals, work, dental visits, errands, and television programs.
- In addition higher charges were made for all forms of dental treatment and new charges introduced for sight and dental checks.
- Then they learn that Lincoln employees receive no company-paid dental insurance benefits, no paid holidays, and have no sick leave.
- Then, going through the Wanted Ads in the newspaper, I actually saw three advertisements asking for dental mechanics' assistants.
- They told him that their plan, at the time, was to recruit primarily from medical and dental schools.
- Thus the impact of an increased risk of coronary heart disease associated with poor dental health could be substantial.
- Water fluoridation costing £260,000 is to restart to protect against dental decay in the region.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Dental care was free in the 60s.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
relating to your teethdental treatment/care Dental care was free in the 60s.· She has a dental appointment, so she won’t be in until later.
· She advised me to go for a medical check.
(=treating problems with teeth)· a specialist dental clinic
· Eating too much sugar causes tooth decay.
· You may be entitled to free dental treatment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· She has a dental appointment this afternoon and she's been a little bit nervous about it.· Nobody gets injured, but some one may be called to supper or a dental appointment and require a substitute.· I was already forty-five minutes late for a dental appointment and had plenty of time to reflect upon the day.· So if you dash to work unfed, you're more likely to forget that vital mid-morning phone call or dental appointment.· She's moaning about all your dental appointments, saying it would be better if you could go after school.· But you haven't had any dental appointments, have you?
· Ships called every fortnight, providing the islanders with medical and dental care, and commercial and travel opportunities.· Most senior citizens also lack coverage for prescription drugs and dental care, which are not covered by Medicare.· The Community Dental Service is required to provide clinical dental care for those patients refused dental treatment by a general dental practitioner.· Proposition 186 would cover prescriptions for everyone, preventive dental care for adults and full dental care for children.· The monthly fee covers continuous ordinary dental care.· Proposition 186 would cover prescriptions for everyone, preventive dental care for adults and full dental care for children.· Others are planned for dental care.
· In addition higher charges were made for all forms of dental treatment and new charges introduced for sight and dental checks.· These Seventies coup s turn up at auctions like bad teeth at an infant's school dental check.· And despite complaining about charges for dental checks, it would not consider removing them for years.· Regular dental checks will help make sure that dentures fit.
· So it's no wonder that we have heard very little about dental dams.· She and her partner, woman or man, need to know about dental dams.· Yet in Manchester, where I live, there is no freely available information about outlets for dental dams.
· More than half have dental decay in their milk teeth, and she believes that the problem is increasing.· Hypoplastic teeth with advanced dental decay are also observed.· We found no association between extent of active dental decay and risk of coronary heart disease.· My father, a dentist of the old school, believed that milk encouraged dental decay.· A fluoride mouth wash will help to prevent dental decay.· Water fluoridation costing £260,000 is to restart to protect against dental decay in the region.
· The essential question is whether the association between dental disease and coronary heart disease is causal.· Is there any tenderness over the sinuses or evidence of ear or dental disease? 7.· In conclusion, we found an association of coronary heart disease with periodontal disease and other measures of dental disease.
· In the bathroom she slid dental floss in and out between her teeth.· Use dental floss to sew buttons on to heavy fabric such as coats.· I manoeuvre the dental floss into place in front of an aghast Lucker, and whip them away, as Laverne instructed.· The best way of gittin' them off is with dental floss.
· Thus the impact of an increased risk of coronary heart disease associated with poor dental health could be substantial.· Poor dental health was also encountered in many segments of the population.· The study of past dental health can provide only general indications about the food eaten.· In the interest of good dental health, however, it is a wise idea.· He showed that five years later the dental health of children in Kilmarnock had deteriorated.· These have included discipline, road safety and dental health.
· Regular brushing is the lynchpin of all good dental hygiene.
· Ask your dentist or dental hygienist for advice on using floss.· A high percentage of telephone operators are black, for example, but only a very small proportion of dental hygienists are.
· Pegged out: dental problems may be a symptom of other illness in the body, above.· And dental problems increase alarmingly with age.· In short, nearly one in three possessed physical defects, a figure which took no account of dental problems or defective vision.· The message that prevention is better than cure applies just as much to dental problems as it applies to heart disease.
· A postmortem examination will take place in Vancouver later today to confirm identification from dental records.· Full-timers carry medical and dental records and must be willing to rotate doctors.· The inquest heard they could only be identified using dental records.· He called for additional dental records to compare with autopsy findings.· It could only be identified by dental records and fingerprints.· Traditionally forensic scientists have relied on dental records and presumptive identifications by relatives.· He was identified by dental records and fingerprints.· His dentist had supplied dental records.
· They are employed at the moment at the university-run dental school which is due to close next year.· They told him that their plan, at the time, was to recruit primarily from medical and dental schools.· I saw more of Mama and Dad in those months, too, than I had since my years in dental school.· Doc Holliday had been to dental school in Baltimore, and he had good hands.
· Thus dental surgeons were to be even more out of pocket.
· If the tooth is loosened in its socket, modern dental surgery may be able to fix it to adjacent teeth.· The familiar smell of the dental surgery comes from oil of cloves, a component of some dental cements.· We have our own dental surgery, physio department, dispensary, X-ray unit.· I was allowed no anaesthetic because I was so drunk, but felt nothing of the emergency dental surgery or stitches.· People who can't afford private treatment will be forced to visit school dentists or mobile dental surgeries.
· Products offered by service industries include hospital care, dental treatment, holiday arrangements and accountancy services, for example. 5.· In addition higher charges were made for all forms of dental treatment and new charges introduced for sight and dental checks.· In midst of massive dental treatment - it feels like the rebuilding of Windsor Castle in my jaw.· Nor was there any notice explaining how to get dental treatment on the National Health Service.· The Community Dental Service is required to provide clinical dental care for those patients refused dental treatment by a general dental practitioner.
· I suggested he might consider a spot of dental work, too.· Then where would they be, with the high cost of dental work?· Teeth are an almost certain identification if any dental work has been done, and if the dentist concerned can be found.
Dental care was free in the 60s.dental disease/problems/decay etc