Jennifer Diaz
Ms. Morris
English 12- 2nd period
08 December 2017 The Career of a Dental Hygienist
The work of a dental hygienist provides benefits, provides growth as a professional and is a high demand job. Being a dental hygienist is an important career because all families and children need to have great dental care. The demand that this job has is high, so that means the financial benefits are high. Also the availability one has in this job is excellent. Dental hygienist is a good career because it is a high demand job, it has the ability to grow as a profession, and it provides great benefits.
The demand for dental hygienists’ services increase as the population increases.
According to the author, “ The field of dental hygiene is growing rapidly. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of dental hygienists is expected to increase by 38 percent between 2010 and 2020 – considerably faster than average.1 Plus, dental hygienists will always be in demand because people will always need their teeth to be cleaned” . The author states that dental hygienist jobs would increase
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Out of all the careers in the world, a dental hygienist probably has one of the most interesting and flexible jobs. Not only is this career interesting and flexible, but it is also very helpful towards others and usually pays pretty well too. Many people become dental hygienists because of the easy education requirements and high demand for their jobs. These days, dental hygienists are more respected and being hired more rapidly due to the fact that more and more people are keeping and taking better care of their teeth. They also say that at the end of the day they feel accomplished in knowing that they helped improved their patient’s health, even if only in the slightest way (“Interview with a Professional”).
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After the treatment and procedure is complete, patients leave with healthier, more beautiful teeth, giving them the confidence to ask someone out on a date or the confidence to smile on an important job interview. Dentistry is and has been for centuries, an important aspect of people’s ...
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When most people think of dental hygienists, the first and only thing they think about it cleaning and whitening teeth. However, that is mainly what dental hygienists do, but they also learn to do a lot more than that. According the occupational outlook handbook, hygienists clean teeth, examine patients for signs of oral diseases such as gingivitis, and provide other preventative dental care. They also educate patients on ways to improve and maintain good oral health. As explained on American Dental Association, the dental hygienist...
Working in a dental office can range to be slow, flexible or busy and full of emergencies. In order to "fit" into this type of career you have to have a specific personality. Personality traits that would be suitable for a dentist is someone who is a good communicator, flexible, open minded, determined and focused. However, this might change as the 21st century grows to adapt the technology era. This becomes a debate between technology versus service. The digital revolution is transforming the medical world in multiple ways like x-rays, screenings, instruments and computers. Dental offices are now full of x-rays and computers that benefit the doctor while assisting patients. Now that everything is digital, that means all records too. Depending on the dentist, they might rely more on the computer rather than what the patient has to say; or lack interest in assuring patient comfort. As technology progresses, certain surgeries could be capable with robots or machines doing to the procedure. This will change the perspective of the proper services. That technology will be more efficient and viewed explicitly "perfect" than humans. Technology will shape the definition of service as time goes. To receive an insider point of view of what service looks like I interviewed my dental assisting teacher, Lucretia Bollinger, who worked in a dental office for 13 years then got a job opportunity to teach it.
I believe this career matches me because for one I love being around people and I love helping others when they are in need meaning I can help them with better teeth I can take them out of pain I can give them a better smile then they had before. I also loved the salary they had. I can major in this career and I can help my parents out I can give back to them and thank them for everything they’ve done for me. I also talked to the people at my dentist and they told me about how much they love their job and one of the ladies there actually graduated from TSU and she majored in Dental Hygiene. She told me ...
I was able to experience some pretty amazing things that caught my attention before knowing I wanted to become a dental assistant. I never truly understood what all is involved in the dental world until I found myself in it and learned the importance of it! It takes great patience and understanding! But at what point did I really realize I wanted to do it? What got me hooked?
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Dentistry is an ancient, highly respectable career which requires team work and ambition to achieve the ultimate goal of becoming a dental doctor. My interest in dentistry started at a young age. I remember going to the dentist as a child and actually enjoying my visit due to the kind friendly employees. The thought of playing dentist and cleaning clients’ mouths seemed entertaining. After my visit I went home and pretended my little sister was my patient. She sat in a little chair outside while I pretended to be her dentist, the only difference was instead of rinsing her mouth with clean water, I used the water from the kiddy pool which had love bugs inside. My visits to the dentist and my amusing experience pretending to be a dentist led me to be interested in this career field.