Some occupations expose you to many different experiences and let you do many different things for example, as a dental hygienist I will have many different opportunities to meet new people and/or work in different locations (work activities). A dental hygienist job is to remove tartar stains and plaque from your teeth, Apply sealants to help protect teeth. Dental hygienist may perform, and the extent that they must be supervised by a…
The Birth of HeLa What are your initial thoughts when the word ethics is mentioned? Some ideas that come to mind most likely may be guidelines, rules, behavioral conduct, the difference between what is acceptable or unacceptable, or simply just some type of establishment between what is right and what is wrong. Ethics is defined as the system or code of conduct and morals advocated by a particular individual or group (Towsley-Cook & Young, 2007). In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a beautiful, uneducated, African American tobacco farmer developed cervical cancer from which cell samples were taken during her treatment.…
The codes of ethics clarify the professional responsibilities and provide guidance; it helps the relationship between the client and clinician to develop and averts harmful…
Dental Hygienists provide information on a patient’s dental health, oral hygiene, and how diseases can affect a patient’s oral health. The ability to practice requires a state-specific license to clean teeth and to develop X-rays. Licensed dental hygienists submit patient’s teeth charts, looking for decay or disease. Hygienists can be employed by state, local, or federal health agencies. If employed by the local, state, or federal agencies the laws that the hygienist practice follow must be known by the dental hygienist.…
1.Career Description: Dental Hygienists work with patients who need dental care. They look for signs of diseases and help to prevent them. Dental Hygienist not only clean teeth but also give advice to their patients on developing strong oral health. Some of the job duties that dental hygienist have to perform is study of the health history, taking dental x-rays, removing bacteria from the teeth such as stains, calculus, and plaque, applying preventive dental material to the teeth, advising patients on ways to develop good oral heath by tooth brushing and flossing, recommending about good nutrition and how it can play a big role in oral health, giving your impression about the study of patients teeth that will help the dentist examine the…
When taking this course, I went into it already pretty confident in the idea that I was going to become a Dental Hygienist. The basic nature of the job is to primarily clean the teeth of a patient, observe the gums, report and record any abnormalities, and also teach the individual how they can further improve their oral hygiene. Hygienists can also be trained to use tools such as X-ray machines, rotary instruments to clean the teeth and according to the information provided by College ToolKit, depending on the state they are in, they can also administer anesthetics place and carve filling materials, temporary fillings, and periodontal dressings; remove sutures in the mouth. The experience/education to become a dental hygienist varies depending on the state and school.…
“Every tooth in a mans head is more valuable than a diamond- Miguel de Cervantes”… What this quote is saying is people can see whats on the outside al the time, but they don't see how much money you have. A dental hygienist job is to help people lean the proper way to keep their teeth clean. This paper will explore the job description, work environment, pay, and overall job outlook for a dental hygienist. The duties and responsibilities of a Dental Hygienist is what makes the job interesting.…
William heitsenrether Introduction WORKS CITED & TOPIC OUTLINE Career-related information Hygienists do a lot in their career they clean and polish teeth with hand, power, and ultrasonic tools. Dental hygienists use many machines and tools to do there job. These tools allow them to Remove tartar, stains, and plaque from teeth, also take and develop x-rays. As a hygienist you can do simpler tasks like Assess patient's’ oral health and report findings to dentists.…
To become a dentist you are stuck with many choices in which to pick from and do. One of the most common is dental hygienist. Their job duties center around cleaning patients' teeth and giving instruction in proper dental hygiene. They can't make major decisions because they are under a licensed dentist. A dental hygienist needs at least an associate's degree to work in that career.…
The best interpretation of a dental hygienist that I can conceive is a professional whose main job is to teach their clients the essential oral hygiene skills and provide dental care in order for the client to maintain their overall oral health. Among the various responsibilities performed for the client to insure their health and safety includes making sure, we, as dental hygienists first do not harm to the patient by contaminating with pathogens that could have easily been disposed of by simply following the standard rules of infection control. As stated by Ester Wilkins “Dental healthcare personnel have a professional obligation to serve all patients with comprehensive oral care, including patients with known or unknown communicable diseases.…
The most important principles of the Dental Hygienist ethics code would be Integrity, Confidentiality, Beneficence and Autonomy. Code of Ethics is a set of principles and rules explaining appropriate ethical behavior for people under their authority. It is considered to be a structure of value based principles or practices that clarify the description of correct and incorrect behavior. Integrity is one of the important principles. This principle means that valuing justice and supporting fairness is important.…
Communication is vital since dental hygienists are constantly teaching patients how to have healthier teeth. Dental hygienists work individually with their patients in a direct manner in which they clean their teeth and also teach them how to take better care of their teeth. Oral health is a key health subject that dental hygienists teach their patients. They teach them various things such as which toothbrush they should use and how a good healthy diet can improve oral health as well (“Dental Hygienists” U.S. Bureau). Dental Hygienists also record if their patients show signs of abnormalities or diseases while inspecting their gums and teeth.…
Many students have unique incentives for choosing their major while others are rather straight forward. I believe mine is a combination of the two. Ever since I was young, I demonstrated an interest in the dental field. Teeth were always the very first thing I noticed about a person, including myself. When my adult teeth started to come in, there was so much overcrowding that my canine teeth were growing in my upper gums.…
Introduction to the Dental Hygiene profession has been a complete and enjoyable class that set the core all the clinical documentation and protocol to follow here at Fortis college. As part of this class the instructor had create a variety of interactive assignments where students get to experience what it feels when having a real patient in front of them. Such was the clinic observation activity where we, the lower clinic class, had the opportunity to observe how students of a higher class were handling a full clinic section with the help of their high qualified instructors. One of the expectations I had for this activity was that I would be able to see the process of care in action, since the clinician brings the patient to the operatory…
It is therefore the duty of the practicing dentist to be able to discern these situations and proceed in the most ethical way. As a prospective dentist, I am very aware of many of these situations, as I have grown up in a family where my father is a practicing dentist. I have seen first hand complexities of some of these situations. Abuse of prescriptions by patients, overtreatments, and informed consent for treatment are just a few examples of areas where ethical dilemmas can arise within the field of dentistry. Specifically, however, I want to look at a dilemma that is a daily moral situation faced by dentists and one that I will potentially face in the future when I become a dentist.…