Full-time temp hygienist VLOG

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I worked 5 days straight and survived:)

[@Dacarts]

Great vid! This is exactly what I wanted to do first, temp hygiene starting out and getting a feel for what I want. I've been a dental assistant for over 10 years and know how it is to stick to one office for years and I definitely want something different when I finish in the next two semester I have remaining. Great to know your dentist backs you up and your decision to send a patient home, those were crazy high numbers. When you get those 45 minutes appointments and you realize it's a heavy patient what do you do in those cases? Reschedule to finish? Also how are you liking your ergoprisms outside of school now? Great content and wish you more success!

[@anatherstory]

Thank you so much for watching the video:) You’ve got a lot of experience then! I love temping with all the lucks that I’ve got to visit awesome dental offices. I’ve had an experience at a different office where the doctor would ask me to continue on seeing the patient even with high numbers, but I would stand strong with my own standard and talk to the dentist. I was very happy that this dentist (in the video) was rescheduling the patient. When I see heavy patients, regardless of how much time I have, I try to finish them within the time that is given. There were times when I was running behind, but still I will finish my patient for that appointment. If they are perio involved + heavy, then I will most likely see what the doctor suggests and work it out (probably do a quad or two and reschedule). And, yes! I love my loupes so much! I don’t suffer with any neck pain, it was a great investment. Hope you have a great year in school, you’ll do great:)

[@golden_321]

I can’t wait to be this one day!!

[@gloriadiaz5912]

With a temp agency are you required to take the a day or do you pick and choose if you want to do 5x/week??

[@anatherstory]

You are not required to work full 5 days and you can pick the days you want to work for.

[@Philanazoie]

How did your license come so fast?! 😮 also I’d love to hear more in depth about your experience temping straight out of school❤ are you using cloud dentistry?

[@anatherstory]

Normally we gotta mail the application along with all the requirements, but instead, Texas had an expo for dental hygienists! I had to drive down to Austin from Dallas, but sure it was worth it because I got my license on that day. I started temping 5 days a week and it is great (body gets tired). Dallas is in high demand for hygienists right now and you have a lot of opportunities to work around. You’ll be learning different dental softwares, xrays, instruments, and appt styles every time. I am using Cloud dentistry and also a temp agency. I would love to share more if you have any other questions:)