Dental professionals...please help!!!!.....Major career decision!!!!?

I just started dental hygiene school at a community college in my city and i was very excited when i first started. I believe that it is something that i will enjoying doing for the long haul but i am just afraid that there wont be enough jobs openings when i graduate and that i may not be able to find employment. Are there alot of job opportunities for this career??? Is it hard for most hygienists to find jobs after graduation??? Can someone help me......i am trying to decide whether i should stay in this field and i would prefer to make the right decision now versus graduating and finding out i made the wrong one.

Dental professionals...please help!!!!.....Major career decision!!!!?
Sometimes it takes awhile to get into a job right after college with a degree.





In the mean time. I would volunteer at a local dental clinic. (help people in the community for experience)





Then apply for a full time job doing dental work.
Reply:sure you will find out lots of jobs oportunity, dodnt worry. am a dentist and believe me you will have plenty oportunitys
Reply:Actually a good Hygienist can get employed very quickly. However the State you wish to practicee in may have some bearing on that. One thing you want to check on is does the state you want to practic in have what it called a "Preceptorship" program that allows dentist to train their own hygienist right out of high school under an On The Job Training system?? If that is the case you need to consider going to another state as the salary you will be offered will be very low, as much as a third of what you can earn in a state that doesn't allow the "Preceptorship" program. Being a Hygienist is a great career in the right location so go for it.
Reply:There are always job openings for hygienist. The good thing about being a hygienist is that a lot of them only work part time. I mean part time as in working 3 or 4 days a week. I think its a great job to have. I think private practice is good to work in but if you can't find that a city or state job is good too because you get all the holidays off. Good luck.
Reply:Oh jeez! You'll get a job before you can say "succedaneous!" :) Almost all communities (besides urban ones) are facing a profound shortage for both dentists and hygienists. If you are professional, excellent with patients and a great clinician you will have absolutely no trouble, and will also get excellent pay (between $30-50/hr.) I would recommend seeking a community that needs you. If there aren't many openings in the city you're in now, don't be afraid to branch out and compare offers in different geographic areas! Feel free even now to call around or look in the papers and see who's hiring. I'd recommend a small practice instead of a large chain like Aspen Dental since it's usually more intimate and there's less corporate business stuff.





Not to worry!