What Exactly does a Dental Hygienist do?!
Question:
What Exactly does a Dental Hygienist do?
I am thinking about becoming a dental hygienist and would like more information about it. If anyone can help, it would be really appreciated. I am heading to college in a few months and am considering becoming one. Thank you
Answers:
As a dentist myself, I can tell you the a dental hygienist plays an extremely important role in dentistry. He/she is the one who actually cleans your teeth (scaling and polishing), takes and usually develops your X-rays and educates the patient in the art of good oral hygiene. Usually when one of my patients comes in just for a cleaning the hygienist does everything for the patient and I myself only come in to check the X-rays and talk with the patient and discuss treatment should the x-rays show a problem. This frees the dentist up to actually tend to the more important dental procedures therefore being able to assist and help more patients