 Hello everybody, Andrea Mayesca here with Dental L Tutoring. I have a list here of a couple things to talk about because it's been about a week since I've done a video on YouTube and I'm going to talk about the first thing that a lot of people have either sent me emails or Messages and that have asked me to talk about it. So I've been in a dental profession for about 14 years now So almost 14 years and a lot of students or potential students even people who are in school Almost graduating they ask is dental hygiene something that I should be getting into They might be saying that they heard from this and this and this person that it's not a very good career and now they're worried They're in their last semester of college and they're thinking. Oh my goodness. What did I get myself into I've had Potential students looking into the program, but then they hear stories from other dental professionals not to get into it If you join any group on Facebook, I'm part of the dental hygiene network. There's one that's called RDH rant Ontario dental hygiene network, which I am the admin of there's just tons of them, right? But as with anything you will have the negative Nancy's so the negative Dental hygienists and you will have the positive ones But if you guys have been watching my videos for a while, you know that I am honest So let me tell you honestly things that I have learned. I have some good things some some bad things You know some not enough some not nice things. I do have some advice for you I do have kind of why I'm in my career path now. Okay, so I'm just gonna tell you guys everything I mean not everything because that would take three hours Probably and you guys don't want to hear a three-hour video, but I'm going to summarize it Okay, so all in all the question everybody's asking is should you get into the dental hygiene career? Yes, you should it's an amazing career now Granted depending on where you live you might not make as much per hour as some other Dental hygienists in other areas. I'm a good example of that I used to live in London, Ontario and now I live in Kitchener and I literally make $10 more per hour where I'm living now. That's a big step that can make a difference for Anybody right even making $5 per hour more than what you're used to is huge, right? So yes, it does depend on where you live of how much you get paid I have been a restorative hygienist I believe for about three years now maybe four actually and Where I live that's not a very common thing So I don't utilize my restorative hygiene skills as much as I would like But to be a dental hygienist in Kitchener is huge. In fact, we need more we need more dental hygienists I'm part of a dental hygiene group on Facebook Kitchener temps So temp dental hygienists and temp dental assistants where offices every day several offices are looking for a temp hygienist Because they're hygienists cold and sick They're looking to add another column to their schedule or whatever and there's just not enough of us out there I could work full-time easily if I wanted to but I don't want to I could easily work every single day because there are so many Offices out there looking for a good Dental hygienist and I say good because we find And I say we as you know all of us that it's just harder to find a hygienist out there these days I have a good work ethic and that's me being honest Okay, so again, it depends on who you talk to if you ask anybody So should I become a hygienist is this a good career choice if you talk to the hygienist who's always late Who hates her job who hates her patients? She will tell you it's a horrible career Right and no office wants to hire her So yes, she might be having a bad experience because she might work in one office They let her go after they realize she's showing up late. She's calling in sick. She's not good with patients She doesn't like cleaning teeth. Who knows right? So if you talk to that height hygienist, of course, she'll tell you it's a horrible career and No office wants you because no office wants her or him If you talk to the hygienist like me who loves what I do I work part-time I used to be actually a temp hygienist as of three months ago And I loved it. I loved being able to just go to different offices. There's no politics involved They're so happy to see me because I'm usually helping out somebody right because somebody called in sick They're taking holidays. So they're always happy to see me You tend to get paid a little bit more as a temp because you are showing up on short notice as a temp You don't get you know holiday pays sick days benefits anything So it makes sense to be paid a little bit more and you know what I loved it But I found this amazing office that needed a you know a permanent hygienist two days a week That's it and they did ask me to work for them. So I said, okay That actually sounds perfect because for me all I wanted was two days a week at the most But having that said I I work for another amazing office every other Friday because I love it there Um, so yeah, so I love what I do. I love it. I tutor a full-time so that's kind of my main focus is that I do tutor full-time but Let me just rewind so I did Tutor like full-time full-time. I'd say a year ago, but I found that I missed doing dental hygiene So that's why I now work twice a week and every other Friday. I love it That's what suits me So the nice thing about the dental hygiene profession is that you can work as little or as much as you want I could easily work, you know full-time 10-hour days if I wanted to because they need Dental hygienists, but I'm also fine working two days a week every other Friday And nobody's mad at me for working less for not working enough You know, there's no such thing as you know You working full-time in an office and then them and then me saying, okay Well, I want to work only two days a week. They wouldn't go for that, right? So I like being able to be flexible So that's why I became a temp actually so that I could be flexible and tutor full-time But then I just found such to such amazing offices that I just love them So yes dental hygiene is an amazing career. It does depend on where you live though Heck we all need to make money. There are cities out there that pay you a lot less for doing the same thing There are cities countries states whatever that pay you a lot more For doing the same thing. So it does depend on where you live, but don't let anybody Tell you that this is a bad profession. There's no Jobs out there. Don't let anybody tell you that because even if yes, that's true where you live now There's just not a lot out there Then you know what moves move Honestly, if you don't want to move then you don't really want to be a dental hygienist. Do you really? But again, you guys I am speaking from where I live around here I'd say up to three hours away four hours away because I can't really speak to pass that because I don't know We need dental hygienists We need us out there who want to work full-time part-time. It doesn't matter You can pick and choose So, yes, it's a great profession I have been doing this now for almost 14 years and I love it So that's the main thing that I wanted to talk about is you know When students ask me well is dental hygiene a good career to get into so actually I was going to talk about other things too But I think I'm going to stop the video now I'm going to make another one like right now just talking about things that I have learned over the past 14 years You know the good the bad the ugly be amazing things that I love about the profession and things that I don't love about the profession But that's life. There are things you love about your life. There are things you don't love We don't love having to work all day every day But we love having enough money to be to be able to take holidays to be able to afford the things we want Right, so there's always give and take always, but I'll talk more about that in my next video So I'll I'll I'll stop this one for now But please comment below with your thoughts, you know, well whether you're a Student who still has questions whether you're a dental hygienist now saying yeah, no I don't really like this profession or I love it and this is why let us all know So thank you guys for watching and I'll see you guys soon because I'm going to make another video like right now So I will see you guys very very soon. Thank you so much for watching