Dental Hygienist

[mikedomes]

im seeking information in being dental hygienist im a male that seeking this profession first good pay and flexibility.... thats the most important thing.. spend time with family. im a good business person and was going to seek b.a in accountant but thinking about it. flexibility is worth much more.. is there openings for men in this field... how much is the school average

[gemyeln]

HI

i want to ask that is there job for males as being a dental hygeinist...stil i have seen all females in this field in denta hygeinist...i,m waiting for your ans...thanks

[Rnexen]

hiGEENist, its not promotoing hyGEN is it?!

[Alina674]

@Rnexen yah, but that is how it's pronounced though.

[Rnexen]

@Alina674

Yeah*

[Alina674]

@Rnexen Oh how funny! You are correcting my "yeah." Actually, it's a slang term & it's not even a real word, so I wouldn't worry about that too much. Normally I have close to perfect punctuation & spelling when writing any comments, but I just made a typo mistake this time.

[Rnexen]

@Alina674

Trolling is an form of art

[Alina674]

@Rnexen

Weren't you "trolling" around by telling this lady that she is pronouncing the word wrong in the beginning (when actually YOU are the one that is wrong)...a little hypocritical, isn't it?

And another thing, I agreed with you about the strange pronunciation in the beginning by saying "YEAH!"...can't you see that?  I didn't mean any trouble with what I said. And I didn't call you names either.

[Alina674]

@Rnexen Ha! Actually, we are both right. My hygienist pronounces it like this lady on the video. But, if you look it up it explains that it may sound either way.

[MeMo5682]

whats the average salary of a dental hygenist...?

[LongLive92]

@MeMo5682 i just read it was around $61000 which is pretty good

[okelly48906]

I LOVE DENTAL HYGIENE!!!!!!!!!! :)

[Jenniferlp22]

Ha! Dental Hygienists dont look for cavities! Worst yet, not one mention of periodontal disease,gum health, or CALCULUS (not "plaque")removal...um, scalers?! "Mr. Thirsty" and , I dont want to work that many hours. Lord you make us look bad. The field of DH is long, strenuous, demanding hours. Any lovelies out there wanting to have the letters RDH attached to your name, please DONT take this vid seriously!! Love my job..but its a bitch sometimes..and for GODS SAKE we do not diagnose disease!

[Craig28FL]

@Jenniferlp22 Watch your language.

[BIGDADDYDUKE2]

@Jenniferlp22 Hey can you please please please give me some info about being a dental hygienists. I'm 17 and I'm not completely sure what I want to do with my life. I suck at school and I recently God a job at taco bell and I suck at that too. Ha I feel like I'm gonna be a homeless guy when I finally get out on my own. Do you mind giving me some info about dental hygienists

[okelly48906]

@BIGDADDYDUKE2 I am currently in school for dental hygiene. I will honestly tell you that when you are in the program you will eat, sleep, and breath dental hygiene. Usually you would have to start out with general courses in college, which are the same as nursing majors: 2 courses of Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, at least 1 year of college English, at least one class of college level math like probability and statistics, Psychology, Public Speaking, Organic Chemistry, and maybe Ethics

[BIGDADDYDUKE2]

@okelly48906 Sweet, thanks so much for your advice. I haven't graduated school yet. But I just want to make good money when I get out of school you know. I don't think I'll like anything other than being in a band or like a motivational speaker or phycologist. I just want to help people in a life changing way. Not so much as like surgery or something but just like giving people guidence. I don't really care much for the money, but I don't want the stress of hoping I'll be able to...

[BIGDADDYDUKE2]

@okelly48906 buy groceries or hoping I can afford to like send my kids to college. But is the math and science hard? What about being a dental hygienist, is that hard in its self? Again thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Your amazing ha. God bless.

[okelly48906]

@BIGDADDYDUKE2 I was wondering if you would consider speaking to your school's guidance counselor about exploring different occupations or another would be to do searches online for occupations/careers that you may like to do? You sound like me 22yrs ago. LOL I didn't know what I wanted to do until I was 25yrs old. Trust me when you find something you like, you will enjoy it. It's a great feeling. Remember don't pick something just for money because you may be miserable

[okelly48906]

@BIGDADDYDUKE2 As in the math, science, and other required classes... You really have to enjoy learning about those types of things because dental hygiene is not only about cleaning teeth. The general classes are challenging and the dhg program is even more of a challenge. We have to learn about the mouth and how it affects the body and if the patient has a disease or something else going on with his/her health we learn how it affects the oral health.

[okelly48906]

@BIGDADDYDUKE2 for instance if a person has a defective heart valves or has a heart stint they have to take an antibiotic before they get their teeth cleaned, before every cleaning. The reason for this is the bacterial flora that is in the patient's mouth can get in their blood stream and can kill them. So that is why we as dental hygienist have to learn so much about the whole body. So make sure you make a choice that will you know that you'd be happy with:)

[okelly48906]

@BIGDADDYDUKE2 I apologize not one year of English. I meant at least 1 course of college level English. I am not exaggerating when I say it is a lot of work and will take a lot of dedication in order to survive.Not only that, It is a very expensive program. most colleges it is on average $3,000-$5,000 more expensive than a 2yr nursing program. I am now 30yrs old and kinda understand being a fresh High School Grad and not knowing what occupation you want to do.Make sure you enjoy the your choice

[socalgoldengal]

haha cool. my boyfriends mom is a dental hygienist