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    A hygienist is an ancillary dental worker who specializes in scaling and polishing teeth and providing advice on dental cleaning. To become a hygienist requires an associate's degree from a community or technical college through a two-year program in dental hygiene. Hygienists can expect median annual pay of $72,330 and job growth of 19% over 10 years as employment is expected to increase faster than average due to ongoing demand for dental cleanings. While hygienists play an important role in dental health, the work involves repeating similar cleaning tasks each day and occasional contact with patients experiencing dental issues.

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    A hygienist is an ancillary dental worker who specializes in scaling and polishing teeth and providing advice on dental cleaning. To become a hygienist requires an associate's degree from a community or technical college through a two-year program in dental hygiene. Hygienists can expect median annual pay of $72,330 and job growth of 19% over 10 years as employment is expected to increase faster than average due to ongoing demand for dental cleanings. While hygienists play an important role in dental health, the work involves repeating similar cleaning tasks each day and occasional contact with patients experiencing dental issues.

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    A hygienist is an ancillary dental worker who specializes in scaling and polishing teeth and providing advice on dental cleaning. To become a hygienist requires an associate's degree from a community or technical college through a two-year program in dental hygiene. Hygienists can expect median annual pay of $72,330 and job growth of 19% over 10 years as employment is expected to increase faster than average due to ongoing demand for dental cleanings. While hygienists play an important role in dental health, the work involves repeating similar cleaning tasks each day and occasional contact with patients experiencing dental issues.

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    Hygienist

    Kacy Chandler
    What is a Hygienist?
    an ancillary dental worker specializing
    in scaling and polishing teeth and in
    giving advice on cleaning the teeth.
    How do you become a Hygienist?
    To become a dental hygienist, you'll need either a 2- or
    4-year degree in dental hygiene. Most programs are two
    years long and lead to an associate's degree. They are
    offered through community colleges and technical
    colleges.
    Average pay?
    Median pay (annual): 72,330 USD (2015)
    Median pay (hourly): 34.77 USD (2015)
    Entry level education: Associate's degree
    Projected 10-year growth: 19% (2014)
    Number of jobs: 200,500 (2014
    Pros & Cons?
    PROS CONS
    ● it’s possible that you will come into
    ● employment of dental hygienists is contact with the occasional patient who
    has bad breath, swollen gums or tooth
    expected to increase by 38 percent decay.
    between 2010 and 2020 – considerably ● a dental hygienist is pretty much the
    faster than average.1 Plus, dental same no matter where you decide to live
    hygienists will always be in demand or work
    because people will always need their ● be repeating the same tasks in the
    teeth to be cleaned. same environment every day. While your
    work may vary slightly between patients,
    ● They will essentially be repeating the
    you’ll mostly be cleaning teeth all day.
    same tasks in the same environment
    every day.
    THE END

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