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Dental Hygienists Help Keeps You Healthy Beyond Just Your Mouth
Posted by | Posted in Dental Health | Posted on 01-07-2009
Everyone wants to have good, healthy teeth, and healthy dental hygiene habits will help you to attain this goal. However, you may not know that good dental hygiene not only keeps your teeth healthy, it can also keep you healthy as well. Here are a few reasons why it is important for people to attend =”_blank” href=”http://www.sjvc.edu/program/Dental_Hygiene”>CA Dental Hygiene classes and provide this important service.
Poor Oral Hygiene and Cardiovascular Problems
Problems with your teeth can create health problems in other areas of the body. If you have an active infection in your mouth, that infection can spread elsewhere through your bloodstream. Certain forms of cardiovascular disease, such as clogged arteries and bacterial endocarditis, have been linked to oral health problems. Diseased gums can also raise your risk of stroke and bacterial pneumonia.
Oral Hygiene’s Effects During Pregnancy
A pregnant woman can experience problems during pregnancy if she is experiencing problems in her mouth, such as gum disease. Bacteria can pass through the bloodstream into the placenta or amniotic fluid. It is vitally important to treat gum disease or other mouth problems before pregnancy, so as to insure that no bacteria has had the chance to spread through the body and affect the fetus.
Poor Oral Hygiene and Diabetes
Anyone with diabetes needs to be especially careful with mouth problems, as gum disease and other infections within the mouth can raise blood sugar levels. This presents a higher risk for the diabetic patient, as it will require more medication to keep blood sugars under proper control.
Oral Hygiene’s Effects on Teeth
The most obvious risk of poor oral hygiene is loss of teeth due to gum disease and infection. You want to keep your teeth healthy so they will last a lifetime, and good dental hygiene will help you to prevent loss of teeth due to diseases of the mouth.
So for many reasons, good dental hygiene is very important to maintain. And that includes not just regular brushing and flossing, but also regular visits to your dentist. He or she can spot problems in your mouth and take care of them before they have the chance to create bigger problems in other parts of your body.
If you’re interested in helping people improve their dental health, you should consider becoming a dental assistant. To become a dental assistant you will need to attend an CA Dental Assisting school. See what schools are in your area and the programs that they offer, you might find it’s the perfect career for you!
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www.youtube.com St. Petersburg College offers a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Dental Hygiene (BASDH). This degree is the first and only Baccalaureate Program in Dental Hygiene in the State of Florida and currently one of the largest degree completion programs in the nation. At SPC we put no limits on your educational options. Neither should you. The BASDH degree is a program designed for the licensed dental hygienist and may open doors to new career opportunities such as: Dental Practice Manager, Dental Hygiene Instructor or Dental/Pharmaceutical Sales. A Conveniently Designed Curriculum No campus requirements for course work, orientation or capstone practicum. The BASDH program is a degree completion program, all applicants must have graduated from an accredited dental hygiene program before being accepted. A cohort or group of students participating together in a program of study will be accepted each Fall and Spring term. Students will progress through the curriculum as a group. There is no clinical component. Students will not be required to be on our campus. This program is a writing intensive curriculum. Students must have an excellent command of written English language. Dental Hygiene courses will be delivered ONLINE in a modmester (short) term format. Each course will last six to eight weeks. Students can participate any time of the day or night but will be required to participate about four days each week. Students will take one course at a time <b>…</b>
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How much should a new dental hygienist in northern VA make per hour?I am a new graduate from dental hygiene school and would like to know how much I should ask for/should be earning as a new hygienist. I would appreciate answers from hygienists in the northern VA area!
a dollar figure range would be very helpful.
Depending on where you went to school, you can sometimes get advanced placement credit for your dental assisting education.
i found some additional info for you at http://www.bls.gov.
Hope it helps.
Education and training. A high school diploma and college entrance test scores are usually required for admission to a dental hygiene program. High school students interested in becoming a dental hygienist should take courses in biology, chemistry, and mathematics. Also, some dental hygiene programs require applicants to have completed at least 1 year of college. Specific entrance requirements vary from one school to another.
In 2006, there were 286 dental hygiene programs accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. Most dental hygiene programs grant an associate degree, although some also offer a certificate, a bachelor’s degree, or a master’s degree. A minimum of an associate degree or certificate in dental hygiene is generally required for practice in a private dental office. A bachelor’s or master’s degree usually is required for research, teaching, or clinical practice in public or school health programs.
Schools offer laboratory, clinical, and classroom instruction in subjects such as anatomy, physiology, chemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, nutrition, radiography, histology (the study of tissue structure), periodontology (the study of gum diseases), pathology, dental materials, clinical dental hygiene, and social and behavioral sciences
THERE ARE ALWAYS LOCAL DENTISTS ADVERTISING THAT THEY NEED A HYGIENIST TO WORK FOR THEM.
HYGIENE IS ABOUT 33% OF A DENTAL PRACTICE SO THERE IS ALWAYS A NEED FOR CAPABLE PERSONEL.
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!
haha cool. my boyfriends mom is a dental hygienist
hi,
check this out,
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos097.htm
http://www.texasdha.org/
http://www.tdhea.org/
http://www.twu.edu/dental-hygiene/
good luck,
They typically make $50 an hour and see 1 patient per hour.
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Well every job has it's downsides, but dental hygiene is a great career. Bls.gov says that the employment growth is projected to be 30%, much faster than average. It is in demand and offers great pay, especially for an associate's degree. And yes they do get good benefits, just like any job, you have to search around and interview to find a job that offers benefits that are valuable to you. Here's a good link to lots of useful info on dental hygienists: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos097.htm
I have experienced this in my hygiene career and sometimes it is a careless dentist (or other staff member) and sometimes it is an honest mistake. A couple of ways I have handled this are –
1. said nothing that would alert the patient and handed them a new pair of gloves prior to them getting into the mouth
2. asked them if I could speak to them for a minute outside the room and let them know
3. just made eye contact with the Dr. and pointed to the gloves on their hands to jog their memory
4. held out the box of gloves at them
(I have attempted to do all of these behind the patients head or at least out of the line of site, because who wants to be shown their wrong in front of the patient or staff)
If you think it is a ongoing problem and you feel that the dentist will get upset or be offended, you might opt to hold onto the mirror and explorer (so they can't do the exam) until you see they have changed their gloves and if they haven't, hand them gloves first and then the instruments.Or maybe leave a new set of gloves on top of the instruments on the tray so they can't get to the instruments without seeing them.
If this is a constant obvious problem and their are copious amounts of other "dirty" offenses you might see if you can make some positive changes in the practice or find a different practice to work in. Honestly, I graduated 15 years ago and alot has changed, so if the Dr. you are working for is older they may just not know about the newer protocols. There is an awful lot of new information to take in all the time, but basic cleanliness is an issue that cannot be compromised since some medically compromised patients could be severly affected….Not only are you able, but you must address the issue for everyone's safety. After all, if dirty gloves are going into a patient's mouth, what else are they touching the bathroom doorknob? (that you are going to end up touching with your bare hands?)
Good luck + hope that helps!
JAMRDH -a dental hygienist
its better if you are not too to get a hepatitis c shot, its for your safety.
It depends on the dentist you are going to work for.