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Dental Hygienists are dental care professionals who usually work in a dental office under the dentist supervision or independently (a growing trend). They handle teeth cleaning, oral hygiene education, detection of periodontal diseases and the prevention of all gum diseases. Dental Hygienists will professionally clean the teeth by removing the hard deposits and the stains while using the dental utensils.They will examine the gum and detect any present gum diseases and accordingly, establish a periodontal treatment plan as well as a prevention plan. They can also do a neck and mouth examination to detect any other oral diseases like cancer.
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They teach their patients how to properly brush and floss. They can also take and interpret X-rays,
apply sealants and fluorides in pits as a preventive measure for cavities. Dental Hygienists will also educate their patients on proper dieting habits and the relationship of food with healthy gums and teeth.
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Dental Hygienists will have the proper medical and dental knowledge as well as training to examine the health of the mouth and detect any gum diseases in addition to examining the lymph nodes underneath the jaw line and checking for any oral cancer indications. Hygienists can also develop dental X-rays and stop dental decay by applying the cavity preventing agents.
To become a dental hygienist professional, one must go to a dental hygienist school and complete many years of study and training. But once that is taken care, one would be set for a great career. There are many dental hygienist jobs available and the demand is big.
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Thank you so much for this info. It has helped. I am currently in high school and becoming a dental hygienist is one of the careers I am considering.
I am wondering where in Canada can I find a dental hygienist program? I am in Hamilton Ontario and my preference would be for a dental hygienist school nearby, like say Toronto.
Can anyone help?
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I have been a dental hygienist for almost 12 yrs now and I can tell you that it used to be in high demand but in Ontario for the past few years the market has been flooded and demand is very low which is also decreasing our wages. I would not reccomend going into this profession right now, I think it will be many years before our profession recovers from this upset of balance. Also, even with my experience, I have been job searching for 3 months now and still nothing!! Very frustrating!!!
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Well, I am a Canadian mom, but used to live in San Francisco and I can tell you from my own experience that being a Dental hygienist is definitely what I needed at the time. I worked for a couple of dentists, filling my schedule 3 or 4 days a week. THe pay was fabulous and the work was very enjoyable. You do not have the pressure of running a business nor the stress of being an employee and sitting behind a desk. I was my own boss without having to worry about my company losing money. I worked in a clean environemnt and my patients were mostly happy and plased to deal with me. I cleaned their teeth and explained further teeth cleaning techniques. Now, we recently moved back to Vancouver and very soon I will dive back into job search! Arrrgh the part I hate the most, but I look forward to working again
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I am 34 years old and went to business school and worked as an accopuntant for at least 10 years. I got really bored, working in an office, wanted more flexibility in my schedule to spend at least 2 extra days at home with my children and wanted to make enough money. I searched a lot for a best career change but my uncle is a dentist and gavew me the idea of Dental Hygienist. After further research, I decioded that I wanted to chage career path and be my own boss so now I am going back to school. I feel it is theroight thing to do, I need a change, I want to be independent and have more freedom. Anybody out there went through this in their thirties? Did they find it was all worth it? I live in Montreal, which dental Hygiene school in Montreal do you recommend?
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Hi, in May I will graduate from the Dental Hygiene program at John Abbott College in Montreal. I am 28 yrs old, but there are older people in my class, they also changed careers. If you decide to go through with it, you should know that in order to be accepted into the program you need to have certain requirements (math, physics, chemistry), even after that you have no guarantees. The program is 3 yrs long and very demanding. In Montreal there are three schools that offer this program: John Abbott (the only one in English and is located in West Island) there is Maisonneuve somewhere near the Olympic Stadium and there is Edouard Montpetit in Longueuil, for the last two you have to be fluent in French. I hope you find the info helpful. Good Luck!
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Thank you for you info MFlorea! I actually have these requirement because I a degree of science from Vanier (years ago but still) so I will definitely check out John Abbot college. Your help is appreciated.
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Hello to all;
I am an experienced Dental Hygienist. I have had the fortune of meeting many great clients, working with many great coworkers over the years. Please do your research before you begin this profession. There is a large over population of Dental Hygienists in Ontario at this time and the same is starting to trickle down to British Columbia. At this time I know of several unemployed Dental Hygienists. The job market is scarce, salaries are declining. Your job will not have benefits(not even dental sometimes), pension plan etc. It doesn’t seem like a lot now but in twenty years it will be. When looking for a Dental Hygiene job you should be looking at over $30 an hour almost any where in Canada. $40 and upwards in Hamilton and Toronto areas. Those who take jobs for $25 an hour take away from the strength of the profession and could probably do just as well as a Dental Assistant with alot less expectation and stress, less cost for liscencing and insurance and steadier employment. Minimal of Hygienist will work in Hospitals or Government. It is disheartening to see the schools promoting their programs as though work is plentiful. Check the job postings in your area to see how frequently you find ads for Dental Hygienists (most will offer 2-3 days a week). Ask some Dental Hygienists who are working in the field what your prospects are. Also ask them what it is like to work with a Dentist.
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The current job market in BC is non existant. There are basically no jobs for dental hygienists. Two years ago when I graduated there was many jobs but now the market is saturated. (Thanks to the private school in vancouver, all of the hygiene schools in BC and Ontario grads) I have heard of a dentist advertising for a hygiene position and receiving over 100 resume’s in Vancouver. I work at 3 offices in the fraser valley to get full time hours and each office receives resumes almost weekly from hygienists looking for work. If you are considering going to school to become a hygienist I would highly recommend that you change your mind.
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Monica – There’s a college in orillia (Georgian College) that offers this program.
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Hi all… thanks for all the info. I was wondering if anyone could give me any pointers and additional things I would do to increase my chances at getting into John Abbott… I left high schooll 10 years ago and now doing all the of pre-reqs but will that be enough for them to make a decesion? Did any of you in John Abbott have the same issue. Thanka for your help in advance. I am changing careers nd very interested in this program but it being the only english in Montreal, I have my fingers crossed that I get accepted.
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I have to say as a currently practicing dental hygienist that the demand is not as high as you might think. If you are planning on practicing in Southwestern Ontario there are not many jobs available at the present time. It used to be that there were only a few colleges that offered the program, limiting the amount of hygienists that were graduating. Now however, there are many more private colleges offering the program, and there seem to be more hygienists than jobs out there. It is a very difficult, expensive program, and unless you are planning to work in the GTA or start your own independent practice, it may be hard to find a job.
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hi I’m a recent DH grad from Regina. I had high hopes of finding full time employment after I graduated, but thanks to ON grads, there are more DHs than jobs available. I am also a DA, so I will be doing mostly DA until this situation improves. We need to do something about those private schools which are owned by dentists. Can anyone see ‘conflict of interest’ here? The dentists knew this would eventually happen, now the table is turned for their advantage. I know girls who graduated 1 – 2 yrs. ago, and still not happy with their hours. No reg. hours, no benefits, no paid holidays, etc. I would consider working in a different profession if you are thinking of going into DH.
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Hi, i am a senior in high school and a dental hygienist is one of the career options i can considering. I live in Newfoundland and was wondering if there were any programs for this career in Atlantic Canada or anywhere close to Newfoundland? The help would really be appreciated!
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Hi,
I’m a third year Dental Hygiene student. It’s true that getting clinical jobs (in a dental office) are a lot more challenging these days. (private schools popping them out like crazy). If you are looking to get into this profession choosing a good school is very important so you are fully prepared to take on the challenges of moving the profession forward. You really don’t know what a DH’s does until you get into school. There are lots of opportunities for jobs if you’re willing to think outside the box and create new jobs. DH is not just about working in a dental office. You can build programs and get grants to work in schools, nursing homes, hospitals,.. the opportunities are endless, but that will require a little be of effort.
To be good in this profession, you need to do more than just show up.
Good Luck everyone.
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Hey,
I was wondering if you are currently taking dental hygiene at John Abbott.
I wanna go there & enter this program. I was wondering if the school has an area that sells used books for the dental hygiene program. That way I could save more money.
Thanks (:
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I have attended john abbott and was very lucky to make it out of high schol everyone else had applied 4-5 times!!!it is a great school but unfortunetely it is extremely hard to get into and back into if you have to leave for whatever reason.I myself had to leave the program and when i wanted to get back in i had to re-apply!!!can you believe it?and you have to wait a year which is a complete waste of time.Also because of the language barrier if you try to apply to a french dental school afterwards they reject you because u have already attended John Abbott.Make sure you can stay the whole years un-interuppted is all the advice i have to give.so basically all my instruments and books are collecting dust until i can get back in..hopefully!you have better chances doing it in toronto its shorrter and less hassle. Not only that but if you go on ndhcb.ca the rate of people who actually pass the exam are very low for John Abbott which is not a very good thing
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@Serena: I am 38 years old and am considering going back to school to pursue a path in the dental field as well. You are still young and it’s never too late to go back to school and pursue a goal. There is no age barrier on learning and I congratulate you on your choice. Good luck and I hope you do well.
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Hi my name is Rita. I’m a highschool student in Ontario. I’m interested in the dental hygiene program at John Abott college, but worried that I don’T have high enough grades. I hope that maybe someone who went there, know if they have seen students from Ontario before, and what average do they look at? do I need high 80′s ..thank you
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THINK AGAIN IF YOU’RE TRYING TO PURSUE DENTAL HYGIENIST, THERE ARE NO JOBS SPECIALLY FOR RECENT GRADUATES EVEN FOR EXPERIENCED HYGIENIST.. TOO MANY HYGIENIST OUT THERE..ITS NOT WORTH IT.. AFTER GRADUATING, REALIZING THERE’S NO JOB WITH OVER 50,000 IN DEBT..
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DH jobs are very hard to come by in the GTA………..kudos to Sarah for her idea of thinking out of the box
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Kim in feb 2010 said…that we should ask for an average pay of 30 $ and up anywhere in canada.. Im in montreal i wonder if i could ask for tht much. I am also a graduating student…I am presently searching for a job so if anyone could help me out by telling me how much pay would I expect being offered and how much I should be asking for. Thanks
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Hi I am an active dental hyginist with over 25 years experience. I am blessed to have a full-time job and really enjoy the profession. I was attracted to a health profession that doesn’t carry crazy hours and weekends like so many others- such as nursing. There is no pension or benefits and it is imperative to put something away. My hours and vacation time is dictated by the dentist- so no flexibility. I have started my own business in health and wellness product sales. This has allowed to me to cut back one day a week and enjoy three day weekends. I can also see more cash flow coming in and helping others with their health and mentoring others with their own businesses.
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Hi, did anyone attend John Abbott College, how hard is it to get in? I’m from Ontario, gr 12 currently and I really wna go there! Is it a good school? I heard they only accept 30 ppl, does that mean they only accept students with high 80′s?
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I find it amazing to see how many advertisements talking about great job opportunities as a Dental Hygienist, I am experienced but unemployed. I having been searching for a job for almost three years now, and have had no luck at all. If you are not willing to move to Toronto and work for several different dentists , driving all over the GTA then your options are slim to none. I wish the private schools hadn’t flooded the market.
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Hi, i was wondering, what average do i need to get accepted into the DH PROGRAM at John Abbott college in Montreal. I heard they only accept 30 ppl.
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Seriously ladies, I understand that you want to go back to school but for now dental hygiene is a dying profession. Invest your time and money into a nursing degree. Nurses are being used to decrease the work load of doctors. The ON government is not interested in graduating more doctors, it is easier to use advanced practioning nurses. This is a profession which is non-privatized, there is greater success here, atleast right now. There was a comment that encouraged you to ask what it is like to work with a dentist. You need to explore that further, do not go blindly into debt that you can not pay back. This will negatively impact on your ability to afford a family, seriously look at the decisions that you are about to make. The market is not supporting the graduation of more hygienists. The ON government has recently placed a moritorium on the opening of hygiene programs….why…. saturation of the profession.
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I think that Tatiana makes a lot of sense. Nurse practitioners are in demand by physicians similiar to hygienists in dental offices about 10 years ago. There is fair degree of freedom of practise, the pay rate is good, potential to work in hospitals, private clinics, health units etc. The capability to have a family and come back to practise at a time of your choosing. If you are determined to go into hygiene, I would recommend going to a provincial, non-private school. Also, I would seriously consider looking for a position in a non-metropolitan area. The smaller cities are still not saturated and dentists are still looking for hygienists in those areas.
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hi im a fifteen year old guy that lives in fort st john bc i want to know what this job is like and schooling and stuff in my area and what type of pay there is im very confused with what i wanna do with life and im trying to figure what highschool courses i could take to gear me toward this or if anyone has a suggestion what a good high paying job would be that dosent reguire really good grades please let me know or email me at carson999@live.com thank u
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I would recommend looking into becoming an electrician, plumber, essentially taking a trade in college. There are fewer and fewer people studying these trades and they are in demand. I suggest that you shadow someone in a potenital field and then make a decision based-upon first hand knowledge. Ask your councilor at school.
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At the moment, I definitely would not recommend studying to become a dental hygienist. Although the pay is great, and it’s a great career, there is way too much saturation of dental hygienists right now. I work as a dental assistant, and I have witnessed way too many new grads coming out of school, and unable to find a job right now.
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It is imperative that anyone considering a career as a Dental Hygienist do an abundance of research.
The job market, Canada wide, at this time seems to be flooded with an over abundance of Dental Hygienists and in particular a number of these are recent graduates.
Regardless of the institution you attend, market demand should be your key focus, although I would only recommend a training institution that is accredited.
There has been a large amount of graduates recently, in particular Ontario graduates. It may take a number of years for these graduates to work through the system, so immediate success in finding work may be difficult if you are planning to train in this field.
Demographics indicate an aging population, so there are a number of other areas and sectors that can be considered. Nursing, personal support work and hospital administration are just a few occupations in demand, if you want to get into the health field.
As in all occupations Dental Hygiene as an occupation is in an “oversupply” stage, in time this trend will reverse, the question is when.
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For anyone that wants to become a dental hygienist: these are the facts
No job security
No benefits
No pension
No sick leaves
You can’t pick when to go on holidays; you go when dentist goes
If your patient cancels you do not get paid for that hour so an 7.5 hour day turns into 5-6 hrs
Oh and I forgot the most important. NO JOBS. Unless you want to become a business person and open your own clinic.
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Working as a dental hygienist has a grim future. Too many private schools which are shovelling out numerous graduates twice a year! Wages have decreased due to the market saturation, too many new grads willing to work for next to nothing because they want the experience, which is driving those experienced hygienists out. . Too many DDS here that want to penny pinch and concentrate on quantity of practice not quality!
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Please check with the Labour Board about your situation as I recall reading that an employer cannot decrease your wage if you are still working in the same position and nothing has changed with your duties. Dentists def like to penny pinch and that is a prime example. Please do not let this go without talking to somebody at the labour board, a lawyer or even call your provincial DH association.
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I went on a 3 weeks vacation therefore the office that I was working for had to find a temp hygienist. The manager said he received 100 resumes. The new grad who replaced me was willing to work 30/hr and no pay if there’s no patient which screwed me reaallll bad because the manager talked to me after I came back from my vacation and wanted to pay me 32/hr and no pay if there’s no patient because he figuered that there’s so many hygienist that he can just replace me with less wages. I tried looking for a job and couldn’t find any so I had to take his offer because I had no choice, I have bills to pay.
Point of the story: We all hygienist have to stick together and demand a resonable rate. Prices of everything are increasing and our wages is decreasing, that doesn’t make any sense. And being a hygienist is hard labour, my hands and back hurts after work and this is not a job where we can work until we retire so we have to earn as much money as we can within 20-30yrs being in our profession. SO DEMAND RESONABLE RATE!!!
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I am lucky to be working with a generous dentist. The Level II assistant at my office is making $35/hr, I know because they accidentally gave me her pay stub. She’s been with the company for 10 yrs but we hygienist should be worth way more than an assistant. No offence to all assistant out there but we generate money for the dentist and we are the reason the patient keeps coming back to the office. Patients come to see us more than the dentist, we know them better than the dentist because we spend more time with them. We are worth that extra $10-20 more per hour.
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I graduated hygiene 4 yrs ago. I found a 1 and 1/2 day of work right away. However I couldn’t find any more days to fill up my week for 2 1/2 years. I found half a day last summer so now I’m working 3 days, one whole day with two half days so it’s a total of 2 days I’m working per week. Job is hard to find in this profession at the moment so consider your decision if you want to be a hygienist.
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I feel very sorry for Maria, unfortunately, the current employment standards for dental hygienists are erroding. If I was you Maria, I would consult a lawyer. I seriously hope that you have not signed any new contracts for stipulating that you will accept not being paid for that hour – withouh having consulted a lawyer. If I were you, I would keep a copy of the day sheets and then mark down when a patient does not arrive and corolate it to your paystubs. When you leave the office, you have evidence that you were in the office performing duties as an employee and were not paid. In a way, this dentist and manager are shooting themselves in their feet. What incentive does the front desk have to ensure that the hygienist is booked and generating income if it is they know that she is not being paid for that time? NONE. Bad business plan.
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I think Sara said it, nurses would never tolerate what is happening to this profession however, if we were unionized prior to self-initiation we may never had received it, I think the fact that we were privitized enabled that.
But she does make a good point, perhaps it is time and given the current working conditions that dental hygienists did unionize. But I do not see that ever happening they are too afraid to lose their jobs if it is that the dentist finds out. So, they will continue the abuse. But the women in this profesion also seriously undermine one another and that aids the dentists ability to treat us as they do.
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While reading the comments, I looked at my invoice for the last visit, which shows (among other items):
Periodontal Scaling 30 minutes – $104.00
Polishing 7 1/2 minutes – 18.00
These work out $208 and $144 per hour for the time of the hygienist. I doubt that many hygienists are making that kind of money!!
To me, there seem to be two solutions to your problems -
(a)Organize! – form a union
(b) Open your own clinics and Advertise!!
YOU ARE BEING EXPLOITED BIG TIME!
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Do you feel the representative bodies of Dental Hygiene have served you well? or do you feel that the focus has been too much on the public, “feel good” campaigns, image. Has your lively hood been unprotected while your college and employer has been overdemanding, are your membership dollars being spent unwisely? Has your employer treated you like Maria’s?
Tatiana you are right, too many people undermine each other and it has given the power away to those who are capitalizing on it.
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Hey Bill, If your office only did 30 minutes of scaling on you and you are an adult with a full dentition, I would be a tad worried.
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hello can you tell me where ca i study dental hygienist in Montreal for the winter semester ?
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@mflorea: Hey can u tell how the program was at jhon abbott college? thx
cuz i want to be a dental hygienist to
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DEMAND IS VERY LOW FOR DENTAL HYGIENISTS IN ONTARIO AND WAGES ARE DROPPING. DO NOT CHOOSE THIS AS A CAREER.
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I recently went into an office to do two consecutive days. I was being paid $40/hr. I can read xrays and I am efficient. When it came time for the last patient (who had not had a cleaning in 10 years) the dentist came to me and told me that she DOES NOT HAVE ANY SUBGINGIVAL CALCULUS as we both stood in front of her xrays which were blown up on the computer screen. I pointed to one aspect of the tooth where you could see subgingival calculus on the xray. He told me to not use the cavitron or remove any of it! To simply, go easy – or do not do too much! I did an exploration and found tons of subgingival. He had done a periodontal charting and his measurements were inaccurate due to the presence of calculus. He did not care! He expected me to sit there with her in the chair and bill the insurance company for 45+ minutes of scaling when I was not doing any of it! That is $156 + dollars for nothing.
It made me so sick, so I decided to do my job, I picked up the cavitron and started removing the calculus. Then I went to the front to get something and I was informed that I would not be coming back the second day as their regular girl was available.
At the end I asked (the new graduate hygienist- what a surprise!) in the other room how much she was being paid and she told me $28/hour.
So, patients are not getting quality care but the dentist is saving money at the expense of patients health and then will probably want that patient to come back in every 3-4 months for more pretend cleanings. What a wonderful profession this has become, there are NO safe guards for the patients anymore. We have lost our ability to defend and protect the public from dentists such as these. And there are many of them out there!
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I’m a dental hygienist only a year.I should say that I was lucky to start as a volunteer first and then have some temp work. Guys who wants to have this profession for future -forget it!!!. Program cost big money( over 30-35 thousands dollars and then no work on market. You need to pay your credits but like hygienist says, dentists will abuse each of you and will not pay all that you need to be paid. This job need a lot of knowledges , responsibility which depends on us, and when the salary is low you will think like me if it’s worth it!!!! How to pay off my bank loans!!!. Even you have some hours in clinic you will not have full time job for long time still. The market is over of dental hygienists.
)).There was no harm for the client at all, I have got what happened only when received a letter. But well what can you do with this?????They are owners, they do what they want 
( And as somebody wrote before, they will not pay you at all even it is not your fault that client didn’t show up for appointment. Their business is very competitive now, so obviously it become to us too because we are making a lot of money for them. I agree we have to cooperate all hygienist together and keep our rights.
There is a lot of dentist who really , like Sana said, not fair to client. Each time we have to make a deal with that. I had a few time conflicts with my dentist where I work for 7 month and was fired because I was doing my job followed by regulations of my profession.My morality couldn’t except the way of work she wanted to have- over-billing,polishing for each client, bring them more often then they need ,etc.BY law she couldn’t fire me for this,so she made me serve her best friend, and after all I had a “complain” for bad service
I still try to believe there are somewhere good and fair dentist.
ANd I love this job with all my mind, but it is hard to deal with this system now.
Good luck for all of you:)))
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@Sana:
Maybe you should think of reporting the dentist to the RCDSO since he/she is incompetent in being a dentist. It is our duty to protect the public and if you have the x-rays to proved your findings, then the dentist can’t argue with you.
If one hygienist starts reporting dentists’ to their governing body, then more will follow and hopefully these hygiene-dentist relationship will change.
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Hi Sana,
Just wondering where did this take place, was it somewhere in Ontario?
Karen
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Does anybody know how to form a “union”. These abuse from the dentist to hygienist needs to stop. WE NEED TO FORM A UNION!!!
Nurses are unionize and their profession are going forward, unlike ours which is going down the drain.
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I agree!!! Not sure how to get it started and I have too much to deal with at the moment but if you have the time I would maybe first speak with a lawyer about how to start a union. Even if it is not within their scope of practice maybe they would be able to point you in the right direction with regards of who to speak to.
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I am wondering if any hygienists out there know if it is possible to maintain your professional portfolio using iPad?
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people u have the ability to be self employed nurses don’t, who wants to work for people forever. i think anyone who is not business minded should not do hygiene as dentistry is a field for business people. i have my practice and i am free. forget benefits if you have a sense of business you would invest for your future
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I’m a high school student in the GTA. Despite all that is said, I still want to be a dental hygienist. I will be doing a co-op course and be volunteering in a dental office(i think). I have a lot of questions about being a dental hygienist like the grade that i need, the courses i NEED to take etc.
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What is the difference between a Dental Hygienist who works in a dentist’s office and that of a Dental Hygienist who works in a periodontist’s office?
I have found that the Dental Hygienist who works in my Periodontist ‘s office takes longer and does a superior job to that of the one I used to see at my regular dentist’s office. Yet, I’ve never understood why the difference.
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