Dental Hygienist Vs Dentist
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When I was a junior in high school I had the privilege to get braces. I was so excited! I fell in love with my braces and even though people look at me weird when I say that, I still do. By the time I was a senior I had decided that I wanted to go into some field that had to do with teeth, and I had so many different options ahead of me. Anything from a dentist, dental hygienist, dental assistant or an orthodontist. In knowing this, I searched for colleges nearby that had a dental program. I had ultimately decided that dental assistant or a dental hygienist is what I wanted to be. There are plenty of people in the world that confuse the two professions, but there are distinct differences between the two. A dental assistant, for instant is