Comments on: Dental Hygienist Jobs http://dentalhygienist.ca All about dental hygienists Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Sara http://dentalhygienist.ca/dental-hygienist-jobs/comment-page-1#comment-614 Sara Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:53:08 +0000 http://dentalhygienist.ca/speakup/?page_id=11#comment-614 I graduated in April 2011 and was licensed by the end of June. Since then I have had so much trouble finding work in the GTA. I have driven from office to office dropping off hundreds of resumes and still nothing. What is going on with this profession? There are barely any job postings online, and if there is one then there are hundreds of RDH's applying for the opening. I have students loans to pay off and would love to start my life (financially) but I can barely afford my gas. What will it take for this oversaturation to subside? When will all these good for nothing private schools be closed down? When will the governing bodies think about us and not their pockets? I went into this program because I love the profession, not for the money....but this is just a disgrace! I graduated in April 2011 and was licensed by the end of June. Since then I have had so much trouble finding work in the GTA. I have driven from office to office dropping off hundreds of resumes and still nothing. What is going on with this profession? There are barely any job postings online, and if there is one then there are hundreds of RDH’s applying for the opening. I have students loans to pay off and would love to start my life (financially) but I can barely afford my gas. What will it take for this oversaturation to subside? When will all these good for nothing private schools be closed down? When will the governing bodies think about us and not their pockets? I went into this program because I love the profession, not for the money….but this is just a disgrace!

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]]> By: Sana http://dentalhygienist.ca/dental-hygienist-jobs/comment-page-1#comment-592 Sana Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:54:11 +0000 http://dentalhygienist.ca/speakup/?page_id=11#comment-592 I made a comment several months ago and since then I was working as a receptionist at a dental office on Toronto. While I was there I saw lots of young dental hygienists come in like a revolving door. What happens next is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. The dentist only had ONE slow speed that for polishing peoples teeth that the dental hygienist was required to use for every patient! NEVER STERILIZE IN BETWEEN! EVEN AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WAS NOT REMOVED AND STERILIZED. This is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen and ALL the hygienists who worked there had to do it, to guess what keep their job! He then would leave the office and force them to use nitrous on patients who wanted it. He then made the comment that hygienist should not have their own office as they think that they are dentists. Maybe the standards of care are better at a hygiene office. Ladies you no longer have employee employer rights and if anything would have happened he was ready to blame it all on the hygienist. This profession has been thrust back decades. You had seriously better start thinking of unionizing, if this is the conditions that are going to be common, you are going to be sued and lose your license. I made a comment several months ago and since then I was working as a receptionist at a dental office on Toronto. While I was there I saw lots of young dental hygienists come in like a revolving door. What happens next is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. The dentist only had ONE slow speed that for polishing peoples teeth that the dental hygienist was required to use for every patient! NEVER STERILIZE IN BETWEEN! EVEN AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WAS NOT REMOVED AND STERILIZED. This is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen and ALL the hygienists who worked there had to do it, to guess what keep their job! He then would leave the office and force them to use nitrous on patients who wanted it. He then made the comment that hygienist should not have their own office as they think that they are dentists. Maybe the standards of care are better at a hygiene office.
Ladies you no longer have employee employer rights and if anything would have happened he was ready to blame it all on the hygienist. This profession has been thrust back decades. You had seriously better start thinking of unionizing, if this is the conditions that are going to be common, you are going to be sued and lose your license.

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]]> By: Tatiana http://dentalhygienist.ca/dental-hygienist-jobs/comment-page-1#comment-586 Tatiana Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:50:49 +0000 http://dentalhygienist.ca/speakup/?page_id=11#comment-586 Who permitted the opening of all these private colleges which has led to the super-saturation of the dental hygiene profession? Could it have been the CDHO to increase the members of this profession to the point where the government recognized that we are large enough to deserve autonomy? Me thinks that would be Politics 101. Who permitted the opening of all these private colleges which has led to the super-saturation of the dental hygiene profession? Could it have been the CDHO to increase the members of this profession to the point where the government recognized that we are large enough to deserve autonomy? Me thinks that would be Politics 101.

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]]> By: juda http://dentalhygienist.ca/dental-hygienist-jobs/comment-page-1#comment-552 juda Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:53:04 +0000 http://dentalhygienist.ca/speakup/?page_id=11#comment-552 whitening in a hair salon? Talk about ruining the profession. Get a life whitening in a hair salon? Talk about ruining the profession. Get a life

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]]> By: Carmen http://dentalhygienist.ca/dental-hygienist-jobs/comment-page-1#comment-549 Carmen Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:50:42 +0000 http://dentalhygienist.ca/speakup/?page_id=11#comment-549 @<a href="#comment-537" rel="nofollow">M.</a>: Hygiene 101 --CDHO is for the public. ODHA is for dental hygienist CDHA is for dental hygienist If you want to complain, complain to the right organization/assocation. @M.: Hygiene 101 –CDHO is for the public.
ODHA is for dental hygienist
CDHA is for dental hygienist
If you want to complain, complain to the right organization/assocation.

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]]> By: Eve http://dentalhygienist.ca/dental-hygienist-jobs/comment-page-1#comment-548 Eve Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:45:15 +0000 http://dentalhygienist.ca/speakup/?page_id=11#comment-548 @<a href="#comment-544" rel="nofollow">kimzoe RDH</a>: First of all dental hygienist are HEALTH CARE PROVIDER not business people. If you want to become a business woman go to a different field as dentistry is about providing better oral health to the public. Secondly, you're so proud to call yourself a dental hygienist when your working in a salon. You're the one that's all about the money and not the profession. Last but not the least, it will take decades for dental hygienist to be allowed do restoration, if ever at all.

@kimzoe RDH: First of all dental hygienist are HEALTH CARE PROVIDER not business people. If you want to become a business woman go to a different field as dentistry is about providing better oral health to the public.
Secondly, you’re so proud to call yourself a dental hygienist when your working in a salon. You’re the one that’s all about the money and not the profession.
Last but not the least, it will take decades for dental hygienist to be allowed do restoration, if ever at all.

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]]> By: kimzoe RDH http://dentalhygienist.ca/dental-hygienist-jobs/comment-page-1#comment-544 kimzoe RDH Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:23:40 +0000 http://dentalhygienist.ca/speakup/?page_id=11#comment-544 You have the ability to be self employed so stop complaining and open your own business. Soon they will pass the law for hygienist to do fillings independently then you will see profits. dental is a career for business minded people if you are not business minded and love working for people go become a nurse i hope when the recession hits you don't fly back to hygiene because the government lay you off. but you are typical Canadians greedy and love to complain. there are people out there making way less than $25 an hour and they are doing well for themselves. you only go into hygiene for the money not for the love of the profession. think outside the box. i work in a hair salon doing whitening and i am making a very good profit so please open your one track mind. Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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]]> By: M. http://dentalhygienist.ca/dental-hygienist-jobs/comment-page-1#comment-537 M. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:54:31 +0000 http://dentalhygienist.ca/speakup/?page_id=11#comment-537 I have been working as a dental hygienist for over 7.5 years. Unfortunelty I had to give up my position at my practices due to a medical leave. I have to say that it has been NOTHING but an uphill struggle to finding a new job now that I am well. The profession of dental hygiene has become a joke. Thanks to private schools opening up on every corner and if you can "show me the money" than you can have a hygiene diploma in your hand and say yes I did it. To start pointing fingers at saying who's fault this is would be too simple. I would just like to point out that if our college really cared about our profession and even people/patients they would have taken a stronger stand and protected us. But lets face it does the college really care? More members = more money. So in summary, if you are in school right now to become a dental hygienist I feel sorry for you. I you are a hygienist now looking for work I say to you good luck and just go back to school. The money is crap now (thanks to new grads willing to work at $25.00 and hour while you're billing the D.D.S $200+/hr), the hours are crap and the cherry ontop....your a tooth picker...a dime a dozen...just a tooth picker. So, keep your chin up girls and well atleast smile and show those pearly whites that you paid so much for! I have been working as a dental hygienist for over 7.5 years. Unfortunelty I had to give up my position at my practices due to a medical leave. I have to say that it has been NOTHING but an uphill struggle to finding a new job now that I am well. The profession of dental hygiene has become a joke. Thanks to private schools opening up on every corner and if you can “show me the money” than you can have a hygiene diploma in your hand and say yes I did it. To start pointing fingers at saying who’s fault this is would be too simple. I would just like to point out that if our college really cared about our profession and even people/patients they would have taken a stronger stand and protected us. But lets face it does the college really care? More members = more money. So in summary, if you are in school right now to become a dental hygienist I feel sorry for you. I you are a hygienist now looking for work I say to you good luck and just go back to school. The money is crap now (thanks to new grads willing to work at $25.00 and hour while you’re billing the D.D.S $200+/hr), the hours are crap and the cherry ontop….your a tooth picker…a dime a dozen…just a tooth picker. So, keep your chin up girls and well atleast smile and show those pearly whites that you paid so much for!

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]]> By: heather http://dentalhygienist.ca/dental-hygienist-jobs/comment-page-1#comment-504 heather Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:25:51 +0000 http://dentalhygienist.ca/speakup/?page_id=11#comment-504 hi, I am RDH since 2009 and still looking for job. it is sooooo hard to find a job. i did many things to et a job. i do volunteering in dental office. I took my own patients to different dental offices to get any job oporunity ther ,but unfortunity no way. noooooooo jobs at all. the worse career ever hi,
I am RDH since 2009 and still looking for job. it is sooooo hard to find a job. i did many things to et a job. i do volunteering in dental office. I took my own patients to different dental offices to get any job oporunity ther ,but unfortunity no way. noooooooo jobs at all. the worse career ever

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]]> By: lucy http://dentalhygienist.ca/dental-hygienist-jobs/comment-page-1#comment-494 lucy Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:47:50 +0000 http://dentalhygienist.ca/speakup/?page_id=11#comment-494 I'm starting my 4th semester in DH and have 2 more semesters to go. After reading all these comments on here and other websites saying how bad the profession is now I don't know if I should just drop out now and become a elementary or hgh school teacher which was my other choice before I chose hygiene for what I thought was better wages and job opportunities. I have talked to hygienists I know and they all say they love it but here and on another website a lot of people say they regret it. I don't know what to do, I feel like I have spend so much money and time and am already halfway through to drop out now, but at the same time, it may not be worth it. as of right now, I'm not even sure I am going to enjoy clinic which we start next semester. Should i just go through it and see what happens or not waste any more time and become a teacher? I’m starting my 4th semester in DH and have 2 more semesters to go. After reading all these comments on here and other websites saying how bad the profession is now I don’t know if I should just drop out now and become a elementary or hgh school teacher which was my other choice before I chose hygiene for what I thought was better wages and job opportunities. I have talked to hygienists I know and they all say they love it but here and on another website a lot of people say they regret it. I don’t know what to do, I feel like I have spend so much money and time and am already halfway through to drop out now, but at the same time, it may not be worth it. as of right now, I’m not even sure I am going to enjoy clinic which we start next semester. Should i just go through it and see what happens or not waste any more time and become a teacher?

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