15 Skills Needed To Become A Dental Hygienist

Want to become a dental hygienist? What does it take to make sure you have all of the qualifications for a dental hygienist's job? Are there certain personal characteristics or physical skills for dental hygienists that you need to know about? But even if they don’t all come to you naturally, you can work on and grow those skills and abilities to make an excellent RDH one day. Let's talk about the required skills in order to enjoy your career!
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[@TeethTalk]

🦷 Want to become a dental hygienist? Watch my free RDH Video Checklist: bit.ly/rdh-video-checklist

[@DariaHarruff]

No I hate teeth cleanings

[@Chassity_]

thank you for this video, I am introverted and I'm interested in RDH. everyones tells me that its not a good career for me. I honestly don't think people know what introverted really means.

[@aquao5372]

What does it take to become a RDH?!! 1. Caring 2. Empathy 3. Organized 4. Communication 5. Attention to Detail 6. Physical Dexterity 7. Critical thinking/problem solving 8. Compassion 9. Professionalism 10. Multitasking 11. Technical aptitude 12. Adaptability 13. Time management 14. Teamwork 15. Continuous Learning

[@AjU-uz5ku]

❤❤❤ Thank you this is inspiring and amazing. What makes a great hygienist is to always be committed and passionate on each patient and striving to be the best hygienist that you can be by continuing learning something new and improving your dexterity skills such as writing a lot, drawing and being creative and artistic.

[@DailyBread2007]

Amazingly exhausting too. Lol😂

[@williamlabinski1870]

I have a full sleeve on my arm, will that stop me from working in office

[@WiseOne93]

Does ceoliac disease cause weaker teeth?

[@ominus0111]

Do you have a lisp?

[@karimaogden3875]

Her twisting mouth movements are very distracting!

[@dr.VladimirKorovkin]

❤❤

[@RevElaineNjerveZack7]

My husband went to a new dentist (his other dentist dropped his insurance). This new dentist doesn't care about people. She only cares about her wallet. My husband had a cleaning and NO polishing was done, only scaling. He didn't feel his teeth were clean enough afterwards. Instead of polishing his teeth like she was supposed to do, she tried pushing a teeth whitening treatment that insurance doesn't cover (but the regular cleaning is covered but didn't complete the job). He is now looking for another dentist in which he will have to have another cleaning and pay out of pocket for since the new dentist didn't do the job correctly.

[@OoAvalonoO]

Sometimes if there’s a lot of inflammation, we scale and then polish and scale again at a second appointment. Usually this will be in a case where the patient hasn’t had a Prophy appointment in a long time. However, we don’t encourage whitening until more urgent needs are met like decay and or gum disease 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@RevElaineNjerveZack7]

@@leejohnson3959 Oh yes. My husband recently went for a cleaning. I think she scaled one tooth and said all done but pushed on him teeth whitening which is not covered by insurance. My husband reported her and got a thorough teeth cleaning at no charge with another dentist.

[@faustynkawarowna8969]

​@@OoAvalonoOczy to prawda że leczenie jest szkodliwe?

[@baeza222]

Sad, this sounds like an experience I just had with a cleaning. Same thing! Just scaling no polish 👎🏽

[@jessicaheadstream497]

Soo, you basically need to have OCD and you are good to go !!LOL

[@marcossalgadogarcia]

Why don't hand Nails get cavities but toes do and teeth

[@gummybearuwu0]

Saliva probably

[@laurenschenck5355]

PEACE LOVE TEETH 🦷❤️🪥🎃💛🌻

[@TeethTalk]

PLT!

[@sam40136]

I’m finishing up my last prerequisite this semester before applying to the program! I’m so excited to get started! 🦷🪥

[@pozytywnaosobka1319]

Do you think is too late to become dental hygiene at 31?

[@essie_elkay]

@@pozytywnaosobka1319it’s never too late to late! You’re only in your early 30’s. You still have a solid 30-40 years in the workforce, and most programs are only a few years. I’m 35 and going back to school for dental hygiene in the fall.

[@karimaogden3875]

You forgot to mention that you also have to have won the genetic dental lottery and have a Hollywood smile!

[@TeethTalk]

aw nooo! here's my video that explains how it's perfectly okay to have so called "bad teeth" and still become a dental professional: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIvVYZenjMZ1r5I hope this helps!

[@bryanbravo563]

Peace love teeth❤😊

[@TeethTalk]

PLT :) :) :) hope you're doing well!

[@Waltaere]

🦷 taaalk 🤠

[@TeethTalk]

lol can't help it!

[@Waltaere]

@@TeethTalk 😊😁

[@cya915]

❤❤❤

[@kylielawter5906]

Hi

[@TeethTalk]

hi!

[@dariaharruff7025]

i cant become a RDH is it's a hard job that belongs to a smart person i'm not good enough i just know people will have me fired it's too risky im out too dangerous i'm afraid of people getting mad at me

[@beesickle]

You are good enough!! Just as you are! Sending good energy your way!!!

[@Glacealeauaa]

when is there a video dental hygienist clean dental hygienist’s 😢

[@TeethTalk]

here was my latest one from a couple weeks ago :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ68q3SEdsSCpsksi=LXYCVeH4foW7JDHk

[@mauricioh6716]

Blessings, John 3:16. Jesus loves you.

[@PokemonWorldChampions]

Throwin' specific shade at nurses though? I could say the same for dentists and dental Hygienists! As nurses, we see people with missing limbs, burned and deformed faces, cancer, death, and other horrifying things a dental clinic DOESN'T deal with on the daily. Of course, as human beings nurses get tired. So sorry if we haven't see your case about 1,000 times already...

[@BigStinkyChonkr]

NaCl

[@gummibears211]

bro really just said hospital patients don’t get their empathy

[@PokemonWorldChampions]

@@gummibears211 I beg your pardon? I'm female too

[@TeethTalk]

Just wanted to share a story of mine that involved a nurse. Did not at all generalize all nurses. Hope this helps!

[@gummibears211]

@@PokemonWorldChampions girl whatever😂