Pro’s and Con’s to Becoming A Dental Hygienist! || Pay? Hours? Commuting! My Experience. 

It also depends on the size of your office and how many Insurance plans your office takes. If you are in a big practice with many many insurance plans, you’re going to be seeing so many people come in and out of the door, tons of new patients and all the challenges that can bring especially if they only give you one hour. Also in my opinion they have just used the excuse about the hourly pay for no benefits as a way to be cheap. Most of these dentists make great money and have multiple expensive homes and vehicles; they get rich by not offering benefits to people and continually raising their prices but barely any raises. I’ve been in the dental field for 29 years and I’m in my 18th year of hygiene. They barely give out raises. It’s just being cheap. I’m getting another degree and hope to leave this industry soon. They also use the pandemic as an excuse even though they got PPP loans.

The first 2 cons sound like a breeze compared to carpenter work. Out in the 100+ degree weather or if it’s cold af we still outside. Plus there are many days there are 12-16hr days

This was such a great video, thank you so much! Can you share some of the ways that you prevent or remedy the pain caused from work?

amazing video 🔥🔥🔥 very informative!

I’m literally finishing biochem and about to enter school

So what do you consider “good pay”?

Do you like your job? I'm pursuing this career and the no benefits is a huge turn off! Considering how much private insurance can be.

Do you think being an assistant before going to DH school is necessary? I’m going into DH school with no background in dentistry and I’d love to get your opinion!

Hii, is there a place I could DM with some questions about the field? I’m coming from a background in veterinary medicine and I love the dentistry aspect of the cases and I’m interested in switching over.

Do you still get paid if a patient doesn’t show? (I’ve always wondered this) 😅