English word senses marked with topical category "Dental hygiene"
Parent categories: Hygiene, Teeth, Health, Mouth, Body, Face, Head and neck, Body parts, Anatomy, Biology, Medicine, Sciences, Healthcare
Total 17 word senses
- bad breath (Noun) Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled.
- brush one's teeth (Verb) To clean one's teeth, especially by using a toothbrush and toothpaste. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- dental calculus (Noun) A hard crust of calcium salts and food particles on the teeth, developing from plaque.
- dental floss (Noun) A cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
- dentifrice (Noun) Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.
- electric toothbrush (Noun) A toothbrush that uses electric power, usually supplied by a battery, to move the brush head rapidly.
- floss (Noun) A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
- floss (Noun) Raw silk fibres.
- floss (Noun) Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".
- floss (Noun) A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.
- floss (Verb) To perform the floss dance move.
- floss (Noun) The common rush (Juncus effusus).
- tartar (Noun) A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.
- tooth powder (Noun) A powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice.
- toothbrush (Noun) A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
- toothpaste (Noun) A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.
- toothpick (Noun) A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.
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