Looking for honest real opinions regarding this question. Thanks
Ok, let me keep it real without hurting anyone's feelings or being offensive. I have practiced dentistry for a good number of years. I would not say that male hygienists can't get work, but for some reason a lot of dental practitioners say they just prefer females working for them, whether they're dental assistants or dental hygienists. Just like there are male nurses, I do believe the number of male hygienists will grow over time. Don't think the numbers will ever be alarmingly high, but more will go into hygiene. I, personally, would never have a problem hiring a male hygienist. If he had the experience, credentials and did a good job, no problem. I also believe it's how we view gender with respect to certain professions. Change is always good, so don't be discouraged. Let me add that years ago I had the opportunity to work with male dental assistants, and I had to pray, lol!!!!! They tried to boss me around, take over the patients and I had to report them. Luckily, they were immediately replaced. It was a serious power struggle and they constantly compared my work to male dentists they had previously worked with. They would time my extractions and make comments if if took me longer than 1 minute to get a tooth out. Enough said. I can laugh about it, now. Your post is interesting. Are you a hygienst?
Now that's funny and spoken in pure truth, LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think you pretty much summed up what I wanted to say to the original poster but didn't want to be offensive.
Kain DDS, very good post. One thing I have learned in this field is that there is always room for growth and to move upward. You seem to be very confident and with that quality, it never matters what people think of you. As long as you do your job and do it well serving others and upholding eithical standards, gender doesn't matter. This may also be an avenue for you to become a dentist. Keep doing what you're doing and in the end as long as you're happy, that's the only thing that matters. Good original post.
True, I have learned a great lesson that negative events atleast for me are a positive, meaning they teach you a lot and can shift you, and yr life into a better direction. Because before this I wasn't going to go to dental school, now it's all I can think abt? Lol thanks