Jessica Wimberly, RDH, is a registered dental hygienist in Midway, GA, and has been practicing for four years. Jessica graduated in May of 2015 from Southeastern Technical College in Vidalia, GA, with an associate’s degree in dental hygiene. Furthermore, Jessica is applying at Augusta University to complete for bachelors in dental hygiene in hopes of becoming a dental hygiene instructor/educator in the years to come. While in her dental hygiene program she received the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), Thomas P. Hinman Dental Scholarship Recipient, and was Class President of her 2015 dental hygiene graduating class. In addition, Jessica lives on a small farm in Hinesville, GA, where she and her family raise red Angus cattle. When Jessica isn’t working as a dental hygienist, she enjoys watching Alabama football (Roll Tide!), traveling, hiking, arts/crafts, and spending time with her two children.
It is a typical Monday morning, and your eight o’clock patient is running late, medical history needs to be updated, due for radiographs, annual full-mouth probing due, periodontal maintenance scheduled, and a doctor exam. Whew, that’s a lot to start the morning. As you begin the appointment, you work efficiently and as quickly as you can to get back...