Dental Hygienist??

I'm considering going to school for DH or RN, my question is, Is it hard to find a job to work full time as a DH?

Dental Hygienist??
No not at all, the employment of dental hygienists is expected to grow much faster than average for all occupations through 2014, ranking among the fastest growing occupations, in response to increasing demand for dental care and the greater utilization of hygienists to perform services previously performed by dentists. Population growth and greater retention of natural teeth will stimulate demand for dental hygienists. Older dentists, who have been less likely to employ dental hygienists, are leaving the occupation and will be replaced by recent graduates, who are more likely to employ one or even two hygienists. In addition, as dentists’ workloads increase, they are expected to hire more hygienists to perform preventive dental care, such as cleaning, so that they may devote their own time to more profitable procedures.





You should consider being a dental hygienist because not only you help someone feel confident about their smile but it is more of a friendlier environment than nursing. Although, nursing has many career choices to choose from, you have to put up with alot of stuff from other nurses as well as patients. If you are not working for a doctor in private practice, you will have to bath someone who is ill and could not do it themselves. When going to school for nursing, you will have to learn alot more than in dental.
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Reply:I'm not a dental hygienist, but there are plenty around, some working full time with dentists and some on their own and working part-time. Anyway let's just say that as long as people have teeth, they'll have to take care of them, so your job is pretty secure!!!