Legal glossary
“dental hygienist”
Defined in 1 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Dentists Act, 1948 · s. 2
(b) "dental hygienist" means a person not being a dentist or a medical practitioner, who scales, cleans or polishes teeth, or gives instruction in dental hygiene;
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