As a Professional Dental Educator, I love talking with dental professionals about oral health. You can say it is in my wheel house. What dental hygienist DOESN’T like talking about dental things? I have been given the opportunity to meet with dental professionals and share information that can help their patients help themselves while leaving …
Work in the dental profession is highly rewarding but equally challenging. Working in close quarters can be stressful, coupled with the omnipresent humming of fluorescent lights, the banging from a CEREC machine, the high pitched sound of a drill or the suction of a high volume vacuum. All combined to produce a steady state of …
Dental hygienists are in high demand and there are many reasons for it. COVID-19 has made permanent changes in our world, and in the field of dentistry. Dental hygienists are leaving clinic for positions in sales, education or research. Although in most cases, these positions do not compare to the clinical dental hygienists salary, hygienists …
Dental hygienists are questioning returning to practice. Is it too soon?
Our team met today on Zoom. We have been having team meetings every Wednesday to discuss dental visits during COVID-19, dentistry’s new protocols, discuss team building activities and other work related topics. Today we worked on putting together our new protocol. That included creating a questionnaire for patients, discussing our log book for our team, …
“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.” Bryant H. Mcgill As a dental hygienist who works in community research, our team is temporarily on hold due to COVID-19. During this downtime we learned about room number 108. When we are working, our research team goes …
While on social media I came across a post from a dental hygienist who was going on a mission trip and was raising funds for the trip. I read her story and thought, wow, this gal is on fire. I would love to know more about Debbie Padilla. Debbie fits all the criteria fitting to …