Do dental hygienist get grossed out sometimes cleaning teeth?

I am wondering what they really think about their clients that don't take care of their teeth and they have to go in with the heavy equiptment to clean gross teeth?

Do dental hygienist get grossed out sometimes cleaning teeth?
The hygienists at my office are pretty much used to it, but still get grossed out. We have some mentally handicapped clients that just don't take proper care of their teeth and are consistently gross when they come. One of the hygienists had the pleasure of working through most of her pregnancy, and there were a few patients that made her quite nauseous... I am an assistant and while I am used to most of it as well, every now and again some people come in that are so gross that it is a little stomach turning. Oh well, part of the job...
Reply:I'm sure they get used to it but may get grossed out occasionally


by particularly bad teeth...
Reply:Yes. I smoke a lot and my teeth were so yellow and my breathe was so bad, that I ate an onion and tamale sandwich thinking it would cover up the stank. I went in to have a root canal done, and the doctor did quite well, eventhough you could tell he was suffering. His assistant immediately left the office, just after I opened my mouth. But when the doctor cut into my gum and the smell of dead flesh came out mixed with the odor of the onion and tamale sandwich, he pucked in his mask, and it spewed out all over my chest. He apologized and told me there would be no charge.





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Reply:I'm sure hygienists--especially the more experienced ones--have "seen it all", or at least they think they have. It's along the same lines as an Emergency Room physician; they do see some very graphic things, and they're used to it. But sometimes, they encounter something that really affects them, because it's an extreme case.





I bet that hygienists--just like people in other professions--come home after work, and tell their spouses "you'll never believe what I saw today!"
Reply:When I was a teenager, I once forgot to floss before going to a dental checkup. My dentist made comments like, "Is this what you had for lunch? For breakfast? Yesterday´s dinner?" It was embarassing because he was working in my mouth so I could not answer him.