Dental hygienists clean teeth and examine patients for oral diseases. They use tools like ultrasonic scalers and take x-rays to assess patients' dental health. Dental hygienists typically work 2-3 days a week in a dental office and earn $68,250 - $93,820 annually. They enjoy helping improve patients' oral health but may find dealing with bad teeth or difficult patients challenging. An associate's degree in dental hygiene is required, which generally takes 2-3 years to complete.

1. Dental Hygienists
By: Amezcua Eduardo
Arandia Sophia
Lopez Alan
Santiago Joseph

2. 1.Nature of the Work
 Dental Hygienists check for any “oral
diseases”; they clean/eliminate any
impurities from teeth. They also work with
x-rays & inform their patients on good oral
health (hygiene).
 Dental hygienists use a variety of tools,
they use their hands to work on the
patient, but they use powered tools as
well. They may also work with ultrasonic
devices & take/develop x-rays with x-rays
machines.
 They do not make, create, nor produce
anything.

3. 2. Working Conditions
 They work from 2 to 3 days a week.
 They work in pleasant environments.
 Three good things about being a dental
hygienist:
 1)the first good thing about this job is that they
earn a lot of money
 2)They don’t work every day of the week.
 3)That you help others so their teeth will get
better.
 Three bad things about this job:
 1)They have to see bad teeth
 2)They have to deal with annoying people
 3)The job is difficult.

4. 3.Training/ Employment
 Associate’s Degree in dental hygiene is
required
 Usually 2-3 years to complete training
 Ferris State University is an example of where
you can attend
 Dental hygienists should be careful & have
good hands, working on the mouth with
delicate tools. Also, you must know how to
work with large machinery & how to
operate and run the machines/tools.

5. 4. Employment Rate
 38% Graduated Dental Hygienist get hired per
year.
 It depends on the economy, if a lot of
patients or insurance companies pay for
dental work, then the hiring rate will grow.
 Job availability is expected to grow by the
time I am ready to work in this certain career.
 I could get a part-time job and list on my
resume that I've worked before. Work at a
dental place just to help clean.

6. 5. Earnings
 Dental Hygienist get paid in a yearly
salary or in commission
 They get paid about 68,250 and rarely
93,820
 They get paid 21.59 an hour and rarely
46.29
 They get health insurance and retirement
plans

7. Bibliography:
 Bureau of Labor Statistics,
U.S. Department of Labor,
Occupational Outlook
Handbook, 2012-13
Edition, Dental Hygienists,
on the Internet at
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/h
ealthcare/dental-
hygienists.htm (visited May
23, 2013).
 Dental Hygienists, What
Does A Dental Hygienist
Do?,
http://dentalhygienists.com/
what-does-a-dental-
hygienist-do.html (visited
May 20,2013)
 eHow, Careers, Health &
Medical Careers, Dental
Hygienist, Dental
Hygienist Working
Conditions,
http://www.ehow.com/
about_6501009_dental-
hygienist-working-
conditions.html, (visited
May 22, 2013)