So, anybodyy think I should become a dental hygienist? Good money, good hours, about a billion female co-students. It would take a couple of years, but... Maybe.
no...not really
anonymous
November 28 2006, 04:06:15 UTC
I personally wouldn't. Sure, it seems great with getting to sit around in a nice air-conditioned place all day long, but think of it this way. Will you mind people coming in with unbrushed teeth or interesting body odor? Will you mind people with bad breath? Will you mind people who are deathly scared of going to the dentist and will flip out on you? Granted, most people will probably be nice and ignore you except when you ask questions on purpose while you are cleaning their mouth so that they can't reply. I always have liked my very sweet hygienists myself. But some days they look really bushed like they have seen one two many mouths. Think about it. You're going to have sit super close to someone's face with your hands in their mouth, looking down their nose (or maybe they will be looking up your nose).
Then again, it is a sit-down job (with long hours) where you get to meet lots of people, and you will be helping save people from cavities. Who knows. You might even get lots of patients like me who hasn't had a single cavity in 24 years. Or like my father, who didn't for nearly 45 years or so.
Whatever the case, I once thought how much fun it would be to be a hygienist. Now I don't think so.
(By the way, this may not apply at all, but I have a cousin-in-law who is an orthodontist and who had to dissect a cadaver for his dental schooling.)
What happened to your idea of going into audiology and helping out other people with hearing aids and the like? I thought that that was a neat idea.
Re: no...not reallynixorboNovember 28 2006, 04:56:36 UTC
"I personally wouldn't. Sure, it seems great with getting to sit around in a nice air-conditioned place all day long, but think of it this way. Will you mind people coming in with unbrushed teeth or interesting body odor? Will you mind people with bad breath?"
Re: no...not reallybarksyNovember 28 2006, 09:38:21 UTC
Damnit. You zinged yourself when I could have!
And I was going to say how is that different to most other customer service jobs anyway? Interesting body odour - ever been in a hotel room after someone checks out?? Yeah. FTW.
Then again, it is a sit-down job (with long hours) where you get to meet lots of people, and you will be helping save people from cavities. Who knows. You might even get lots of patients like me who hasn't had a single cavity in 24 years. Or like my father, who didn't for nearly 45 years or so.
Whatever the case, I once thought how much fun it would be to be a hygienist. Now I don't think so.
(By the way, this may not apply at all, but I have a cousin-in-law who is an orthodontist and who had to dissect a cadaver for his dental schooling.)
What happened to your idea of going into audiology and helping out other people with hearing aids and the like? I thought that that was a neat idea.
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He hangs out with me, doesn't he?
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And I was going to say how is that different to most other customer service jobs anyway? Interesting body odour - ever been in a hotel room after someone checks out?? Yeah. FTW.
And, Mark's got an anonymous stalker. Woo?
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