Jeanne Bosecker, BSN, RDH
Dental Job Interviews: It Goes Both Ways
In 2009, when the economy was taking a nosedive, I was working for a small dental practice in a wealthy suburb of Chicago, Illinois. I was under the false impression that, as long as there were still patients on my schedule, that I had “job security.” Needless to say, I was stunned when the dentist took me aside one...
Dental Patients Say the Craziest Things
As hygienists, we see all kinds of patients and hear many stories from them. We know their life stories and their families. We are people-oriented which is the thing I love the most about dental hygiene. However, sometimes our patients say or do things that we aren’t expecting, and we have to come up with a quick, yet professional,...