Health - Dentist vocabulary in French
Need to go to a French dentist and be able to describe your symptoms? Then this vocabulary list is made for you!
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| un cabinet dentaire | | a dental practice / dental clinic |
| un/une dentiste | | a dentist |
| la brosse à dents | | toothbrush |
| le dentifrice | | toothpaste |
| le fil dentaire | | dental floss |
| utiliser du fil dentaire | | to floss |
| la dent | | tooth |
| une dent de sagesse | | wisdom tooth |
| une dent de lait | | baby tooth |
| une molaire | | molar |
| une canine | | canine (tooth) |
| une incisive | | incisor |
| la mâchoire | | jaw |
| mâcher | | to chew |
| les gencives | | gums |
| saigner | | to bleed |
| une carie | | cavity |
| un plombage | | filling |
| détartrer | | to descale |
| un détartrage | | teeth cleaning (descaling) |
| un polissage | | a (teeth) polish |
| une rage de dent | | a toothache |
| arracher [quelque chose] | | to pull [something] out |
| anesthésier | | to anesthetise |
| dévitaliser une dent | | to devitalise a tooth / to get a root canal |
| une couronne | | a crown |
| une radio | | X-ray |
| le blanchiment des dents | | teeth whitening |
| se rincer la bouche | | to rinse one's mouth out |
| avoir un appareil dentaire | | to have braces / to have dentures |
| avoir des bagues | | to have braces |
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