Dental Hygienist Case Study

In elementary school, one of my favorite days in grade school would be when my mom came in for her oral hygiene lessons. Even though my mom could have easily demonstrated proper techniques on how to brush and floss teeth with a dental model for my classes, she knew how excited I would always get when she called on me to personally demonstrate. I would brush in confidence those tooth surfaces, at a 45 degree angle and with small circular strokes. Promptly in the lesson, I would put the toothbrush vertically for those inside surfaces of my front teeth. My mom would end the brushing technique with a friendly reminder to brush for a full two minutes, twice a day. She also told the kids to think of triangles and to floss along the mesial and distal surfaces of their teeth, rather than straight down and cutting their gums. With every upcoming yearly demonstration, I honed that routine of mine, ensuring to my classmates the best way to keep the plague out. Even to this day, I have still got my middle school sketchbook in my desk drawer, where I had illustrated the cover as, “Dr. Pham, DDS”. Starting in my high school summer, I had my first shot to assist my parents with what I have always known to be as, “The Office.” In the day-to-day, I strove to follow my dad’s office procedures. Imagine, my young, impressionable self holding onto the large suction and water syringe as a patient’s wisdom were extracted; gums cut, that red blood flowing throughout the procedure.

I observed a second year student in the dental clinic who was incredibly enthusiastic, genuine, cheerful, and helpful, and her personality would fit perfectly into what I consider the typical dental hygienist. She seemed very well prepared and confident in her ability to treat her patient. A dynamic conversation was held throughout the appointment with her easygoing and cooperative patient. Besides the appropriate clock and chair positions, I was not aware of many proper techniques when I observed at the beginning of the semester. I noticed the student kept the patient chair in the same position for treating the maxillary and mandibular teeth. I observed her for the full four hours including the preparation before her patient arrived until

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Being a first year student at the Fortis Institute Dental Hygiene School, I have experienced many wonderful things. I have made new friendships, enhancing my learning experience, furthering my career, and my personal favorite experience, clinic. I have learned many techniques from observing the other students during this time. Also, being in the clinic had shown me that being an RDH is what I want to do. In my essay I will discuss my Fears, experiences, observations, my new found confidences, and finally how my view of Dental Hygiene has changed.

The patient was keen to get her oral hygiene up to a good standard and prevent any

In this POW we have to describe what we would do once we complete high school and move out, we have to explain what part time job we get, how much we pay for bills, groceries, transportation, and where we live at. When we do this we can have roommates to help pay for items, or we can be alone. In order for this to work we can’t go over our budget with or else it doesn’t work.

I agree with your statement: "The hygienist can become culturallycompetent by finding out information on the patients culture before they arrive to the appointment. The hygienist can learn about diverse cultures in populations that they are treating".  Working as a dental assistant has allowed me to help dentists communicate with patients that only speaks Spanish.  I have witnessed how hard it is for dentists to communicate with patients to discuss the treatment plan they need and why.  If a provider cannot gather all the necessary information, then he/she wont be able to have the right diagnostic and will not have the best treatment plan for the patients.  I know that it will be impossible to know all the languages and cultures of all the

Our practice manger want all of the hygienist to do prophy and have the patient to return on Monday because the all of the dentist will going to mandatory training (this training was schedule for two hours at the end of the workday). All the hygienists were in agreement that we can perform prophy on patient that already who happen comprehensive exam with in the year, not patient who need to be updated for exam. In this case all of our patients need needed comprehensive exam. Therefore, these patient needed to be rescheduled, all us will be in violation " Not being under general supervision and patient not getting an comprehensive exam until Monday." When we confronted her about why it was ethical. What make this so ridiculous she only care

During the procedures for dental hygiene the dental hygienist would often comment on the patient and their overall health of their teeth. “Gums look much less swollen. I barely see any plaque?” Other times they remark, “Are you flossing more regularly?” Once the polishing and cleaning was complete the dental hygienist would then mention “Wait here, he will be here in just a moment.”

Trinity used digital radiographic technology. The ultrasonic’s at Trinity were connected to the side of the dental chairs. It made using the ultrasonic easier and I noticed there was less strain when using it.

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“Your gums are very vascular, meaning they’re full of blood vessels. And, your mouth is

Orthodontists have the training and experience to treat patients and give them smiles that will make them feel better and confident. The orthodontic areas of specialties include aligning jaws, straightening the teeth and have the expert knowledge of new and emerging treatment and technologies. A straightened tooth will not only make you look good, it will also give you a good bite. When the upper and lower jaw are aligned after treatment, patients generally find it easy to speak, bite and chew. Orthodontic treatment options are available to adults, teenagers and children. Teeth extraction is usually not required when working with children because their tooth formation is not complete. On average, orthodontic treatments can take a few hours to a few years depending on the patients needs.

“Remember the plight of the dentists, after that new mouthwash came in? The one that filled the same ecological niche, namely your mouth? No one ever needed a filling again, and a lot of dentists went bust?”

After disclosing my patient Omar, I took this opportunity to talk about biofilm and the importance of removing it with the proper brushing technique and flossing, and it effects on causing periodontal disease. He had an index plaque of 1 in all quadrants, so I recommended him to pay more attention to flossing and making sure he gets the floss under the gums and against the tooth. Since I did not have enough time I started debridement on the UR and LL quadrants with the cavitron and hand scaling. For his next visit, I plan on finishing the debridement in all four quadrants, polishing, and applying fluoride varnish. For my afternoon patient, I had Aurea Loubriel, a friend who is in the occupational therapy program at LCNE. She has a class at 3PM, so I only had time to fill out the legal forms, the medical and dental history, pharmacological data, habits, and vitals. For her, I had to send a fax with a form requesting her radiographs be sent to the clinic. For her next visit, I want to move on and collect all my assessment data, do her treatment plan and SOAP, and have everything check before she leaves. After my patient left, I had the change to assist Krenar with the suction while he was working