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Becoming a Dental Hygienist Becoming a Dental Hygienist Jessy Hernandez Professor Dr. Marie-Flore Lindor-Latortue Miami Dade College Medical Campus Sunday, September 10, 2023
Becoming a Dental Hygienist Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................... 3 History ........................................................................................................................ 5 Education ................................................................................................................... 7 Job Description .......................................................................................................... 8 Interview ................................................................................................................... 9 Interview Analysis ..................................................................................................... 11 Job Salary ................................................................................................................... 12 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 13 References .................................................................................................................... 14
Becoming a Dental Hygienist Introduction My name is Jessy Hernandez. I am 24 years old and I’m married woman. Also, I recently became a proud mother. I was born and raised in Miami Beach, Florida, but my parents are from Honduras. Just like many people who grew up in Miami I learned Spanish at home. When I started school, I learned English as a second language. I graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School in 2017 and obtained my high school diploma. I didn’t go directly to college since I decided I wanted to work a bit. After a few months I ended up going to Miami Dade College. I ended up choosing Business Administration as my major but didn’t enjoy it. I needed about two semesters more to obtain my associate degree in business administration, but I didn’t finish it. I decided to switch to something else. Ever since I was a teenager, I always said I wanted to do something in the dentistry field. I realized I should switch to something that I was passionate about. This was the time that I decided to switch to the dental hygiene major. Ever since I graduated high school I started working full-time as a server. Amidst having a full-time night job, I would only attend two or three classes each semester. This delayed my graduation date since I ended up missing so many courses. One day in 2019 my boyfriend and I were driving back home from a dinner date. This was a horrible day that I will never forget. We got pulled over and he got arrested for driving without a license. I never felt so much fear of losing someone, until that day. Due to his immigration status we decided to get married. We moved out of my parents’ place and got our own place. We knew that we wanted to start our own little family someday. Eventually, we saved up enough money to start a family. On November 14, 2022, I found out that I was pregnant. I was very excited to hear this! The first four months were horrible, though. I vomited and had nausea every single day. As soon as I woke up, I had to rush to the restroom because I had to vomit. The
Becoming a Dental Hygienist first trimester was terrible, and I was glad when it ended. The second trimester wasn’t that bad, but the third trimester was worse than I could imagine. At that point in time my whole body became swollen. I had to stop working when I was seven months pregnant. My due date arrived, and I got induced. Everything was going fine until my baby’s heart rate was falling, Due to this I had to get an emergency c-section, and I was not mentally prepared for it. It all happened quickly. They took me to the surgery room, and my son was out like in 10 minutes. All I heard the doctor say was “umbilical cord wrapped twice around his neck”, this caused my heart to stop. A few seconds later I heard a cry and I came back to life. This cry came from my baby boy! July 10th, 2023 was the day that my life gained a new meaning. I had finally become a mother!
Becoming a Dental Hygienist History To reduce the germs that caused caries, a Connecticut dentist by the name of Alfred Fones discovered the need for dental hygiene in 1907 (Hakes,H, 2022). After hiring Irene Newman, his cousin, he trained her to provide dental prophylaxis to his patients. Irene Newman was the first "dental hygienist" to introduce the duties of dental hygiene in a clinical setting. As a result, in 1913, Dr. Fones was the first to establish a dental hygiene program in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This was also the first dental hygiene program in the country. Students of Connecticut's first dental hygiene graduating class of 1914 were employed in an educational setting to communicate to children the need of oral hygiene. These early dental hygienists were known as "dental nurses" in hospitals and school-based programs before Dr. Fones changed the term. The title for “dental nurse” is now known as “dental hygienist.” Irene Newman obtained her dental hygienist license in 1917 from Connecticut. After this occurred, six more states started their own dental hygienist programs over the next three years. The ADHA was established in 1923 with 46 members, and the dental hygienist profession grew from there (Hakes,H, 2022). By 1952, there were licensed dental hygienists in each of the fifty states. As dental hygienist training programs spread across the globe, the ADHA created standards for admission. In 1935, accreditation needed a high school certificate. By 1940, a dental hygienist license also required accomplishment of a two-year academic course of study. The ADHA subsequently authorized the name "Registered Dental Hygienist" in 1940 (Hakes,H, 2022). The very first regional examination for boards was ultimately issued in 1968. Finally, around the 1970s, the ADHA established guidelines for continuing education in dental hygiene. The 1980s saw a shift in the hygiene industry when Washington became the first state to allow the uncontrolled performing of dental hygiene in authorized venues. As a result, Colorado
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