What do dental hygeinists actually do?!


Question:

What do dental hygeinists actually do?

i never really understood what they did. help?


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As a dentist myself, I can tell you the a dental hygienist plays an extremely important role in dentistry. He/she is the one who actually cleans your teeth (scaling and polishing), takes and usually develops your X-rays and educates the patient in the art of good oral hygiene. Usually when one of my patients comes in just for a cleaning the hygienist does everything for the patient and I myself only come in to check the X-rays and talk with the patient and discuss treatment should the x-rays show a problem. This frees the dentist up to actually tend to the more important dental procedures therefore being able to assist and help more patients.




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