Dental Hygienists Unite!

So this weekend we went to convention and I got all excited about UDHA.
They had a forum where we learned about what was going on in the dental hygiene world and I'm so happy I went because I now know that I need to work hard for my profession. It is in risk of being handed off to assistants because they are less qualified and can be paid less. I learned that there are more things we can learn to do such as fillings and extractions and was thinking that since I don't really want to work for a private dentists that this might the way I need to go. Not saying that's what I'll do for sure but I talked to lady who owned her own hygiene practice and she said it would be beneficial to be able to do your own fillings.

I really want to let other hygienists know what's going on and try to get them to rise up against these problems because together we are a bigger voice that will make changes happen, or prevent them from happening.

Today in clinic we worked in each other's mouths to do oral health screenings. It scares me because I don't quite know yet what I'm looking for but I'm sure that Jen doesn't have some kind of oral cancer....