The Importance Of Being A Hygienist

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.

In this particular case study, many ethical dilemmas exist. The hygienist feels, very strongly, that the patient has moderate periodontal disease. With the probing depths, and state of the tissue, it is quite possible that the patient has type 2 periodontitis. However, the dentist feels differently. This brings into play the opposing professional autonomy of the dental hygienist and the dentist. If the hygienist was to do as the dentist instructed, and performed only a standard scaling, she feels she would be providing substandard care to the patient. However, to diagnose the periodontal disease herself would be outside of her scope of practice.

Everything that I am currently learning from my senior clinics is helping me improve on skills that I still need to work on. Seeing my mentor perform the skills ill be doing anytime soon, gives me an introduction on what to expect. The experiences that I am gaining are going to help me become a great hygienist in my future. Learning how to gain great interproximal skills is an important skill that will help me work well with others along with my patients.

I would really appreciate for the Admissions Committee to notice the love I have for dentistry and the fact that I will do everything in my power to succeed in the program. For me it is extremely satisfying to help others, which is what I do daily by being a Student Ambassador and a work-study student at WTCC. I would love to go even further and aid patients in the health industry by means of being a hygienist. I feel I am qualified for such a profession because I put myself before others and try my best to heal those around me. For example, recently during my job-showing hours at a local clinic, the hygienist’s patient was a little 7-year old boy who had a fear of being in the chair and listening to dental tools go off. It hurt me to

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