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Spell Bee Word: Dental


What does dental mean?

Word: Dental

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Dental means to do with teeth. Dental care means looking after your teeth.

Word origin: Dental comes from the Latin word dens, which means tooth.

How do you spell dental?

Syllables: den - tal

Tricky part: Dental ends in al, not le or el. Children often write dentle because of words like little.

Watch out for: dentul, dentle

Memory tip: Your pal goes for a dental check-up: dental ends in al, just like pal.

Dental in a sentence

Example 1: I went to the dental clinic with Papa.

Example 2: The dental nurse gave me a sticker.

Example 3: The school had a dental check-up today.

Fun Fact

Dental floss is a thin thread used to clean between the teeth, where a brush cannot reach.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) dintal
b) dental
c) dantal
d) duntal

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b) dental. The first vowel is e, as in pen.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tladen

a) dnetal
b) detnal
c) dentla
d) dental

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d) dental. Only one choice spells the word for things to do with teeth.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

den_al

a) s
b) d
c) t
d) m

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c) t. Dental has a t after den, as in tooth.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

denntal

a) t
b) n
c) e
d) d

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b) n. Dental has one n, after the e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a dental tool?

a) a rolling pin
b) a stethoscope
c) a tape measure
d) a mouth mirror

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d) a mouth mirror

2. What is good dental care?

a) chewing hard pencils
b) eating sweets in bed
c) skipping a check-up
d) brushing after meals

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d) brushing after meals

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with de: deer, desk, describe, destroy, decorate, December

More words from this list

foolish, joke, November, rich, spoon, wake, bake, carrot

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