(n.) That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.
Example Sentences:
(1) Solely infectious waste become removed hospital-intern and -extern on conditions of hygienic prevention, namely through secure packing during the transport, combustion or desinfection.
(2) The socioeconomic and hygienic features of the patients' homes, some clinical variables, the therapeutic habits and the features of the foci were evaluated.
(3) This technique enables the demonstration of an hygienic parameter important for food microbiology within a short time.
(4) Significant correlations existed between the average number of leukocytes in the gingival exudate and the oral hygiene indices.
(5) Possible explanations of the clinical gains include 1) psychological encouragement, 2) improvements of mechanical efficiency, 3) restoration of cardiovascular fitness, thus breaking a vicous circle of dyspnoea, inactivity and worsening dyspnoea, 4) strengthening of the body musculature, thus reducing the proportion of anaerobic work, 5) biochemical adaptations reducing glycolysis in the active tissues, and 6) indirect responses to such factors as group support, with advice on smoking habits, breathing patterns and bronchial hygiene.
(6) The survival and the interactions of selected, hygienically relevant bacterial species in activated carbon filters was investigated.
(7) One abutment was used to evaluate each of nine oral hygiene instrumentation methods used for specified lengths of time or instrument strokes.
(8) It was shown that: although the oral hygiene level was very low and no dental treatments were performed, caries level was very low--although gingivitis rate was high, advanced periodontitis rate was low--the frequency of interincisive diastema (one subject out of 4 in the 15-19 age group), the progressive decline of tooth cutting, a traditional practice, in town people but the large extent of cola use (one adult out of two).
(9) More than 80% of the carriers who were interviewed ignored the directions about personal hygiene.
(10) During each test period one group chewed a combination of one piece sorbitol and one piece sucrose flavored gum five times per day, the second group correspondingly chewed xylitol and sucrose flavored gum, while the third group served as a no hygiene control group.
(11) A total of 1097 people in two communities in Chiapas, Mexico, were examined for trachoma, and information was obtained about personal and family hygiene.
(12) Consumers, dentists, dental students, dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental assistant trainees, and dental hygiene students in Massachusetts were surveyed for their attitudes toward the concept of expanded-duties auxiliaries.
(13) You won’t read about this in adverts for “feminine hygiene” (because of course having periods makes us dirty).
(14) The measures to be adopted are also stressed in view of a more strict control and protection of human and animal health together with environmental hygiene from Salmonella infection and other Enterobacteria which are increasingly met inhuman and animal pathology.
(15) Principal directions of hygienic investigations are determined.
(16) This outbreak underscores the importance of adopting appropriate industrial hygiene measures in a rapidly industrializing nation such as Taiwan.
(17) The oral hygiene practices and oral hygiene status were poorer among children from low than from high socioeconomic status.
(18) Kathon is an anti-microbial agent that is used as a preservative in cosmetics and bodily hygiene products.
(19) Oral hygiene education during pregnancy either is not provided or at best inadequately available.
(20) Preventive hygiene wards off or reduces these infections.
Hygienist
Definition:
(n.) One versed in hygiene.
Example Sentences:
(1) Despite this exposure, none of 255 dentists, hygienists and chairside assistants had the antibody to HIV following an estimated 189 or more exposures.
(2) The teeth of 13 dental nurse students were brushed by a dental hygienist.
(3) Consumers, dentists, dental students, dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental assistant trainees, and dental hygiene students in Massachusetts were surveyed for their attitudes toward the concept of expanded-duties auxiliaries.
(4) The plaque situation around the brackets and along the gingival margins and the gingival condition were assessed according to the criteria of the plaque and gingival index systems by a dental hygienist at each monthly visit during a test period of 6 months.
(5) Because of the nonavailability of sufficient numbers of qualified industrial hygienists to assume roles as health compliance officers in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a three - year career development program for trainee industrial hygienists has been initiated.
(6) Multiple regression of this preventive orientation index on selected independent variables showed that, for the entire sample, variables representing involvement in academic and institutional dentistry, exposure to education through journals and courses, a predeliction for innovation, and the presence of a hygienist in the office, were most influential in creating a model that successfully predicted reported preventive behavior.
(7) Three groups of allied health professionals, including dental hygienists, dietitians, and certified nurse-midwives, were surveyed to determine current practice, beliefs, and attitudes regarding health promotion and disease prevention.
(8) Dental hygienists perceived a need for attendance by all dental personnel in selected continuing education programs.
(9) The other relevant actors in this respect are the International Labour Office (ILO) and the dynamic and proficient national societies such as the Italian Association of Industrial Hygienists and the British Occupational Hygiene Society.
(10) Day-to-day variations of occupational exposures have important implications for the industrial hygienist trying to assess compliance with an occupational exposure limit.
(11) A specifical problem characteristically involving the hygienists, was musculoskeletal stress reactions.
(12) For the periodontist during two separate visits and for the two different hygienists, the average threshold was 0.99 and 1.02 mm, respectively.
(13) Industrial hygienists often work closely with engineers to control occupational safety and health hazards.
(14) Participating dentists, dental hygienists, and assistants demonstrated significant post-course gains in cognitive knowledge and confidence.
(15) In Canada, self-regulatory status has been accorded to over two-thirds of dental hygienists--those residing in Ontario and Quebec--and is being considered in Alberta.
(16) Also included is what the hygienist or dentist can do to minimize additional damage.
(17) Barriers to performing the procedures are identified, as well as the hygienists' feelings about not performing the procedures.
(18) These techniques can also provide the industrial hygienist with the tools needed to protect both workers and the community from both major and small-scale chemical releases.
(19) The theory that a shortage of dental hygienists exists in Louisiana was investigated through analysis of Louisiana State Board of Dentistry manpower figures, dental hygiene graduate numbers, and responses to a Northeast Louisiana University graduate survey.
(20) Due to the increase in the number of patients with renal disease and renal transplants each year, the dental hygienist needs to understand the disease and the related problems that can be encountered in providing dental care.