Action | Registration and practice of dental assistants |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 11/12/2008 |
I am strongly opposed to a DA II being allowed to scale supra or subging. I appreciate all of the above comments by concerned patients, RDHs, DAs and Drs. I have been practicing hygiene for 15 years with the same dentist and I love my job. I am proud to be a dental hygienist. My patients appreciate me as a hygienist and a friend. They trust me. I think it is only fair that all Virginia patients have a relationship with their hygienist like my patients have with me. Patients in underserved areas of the state like Southwestern Virginia where I am from do not deserve to be treated differently. They have every right to be seen by an educated, trained dental hygienist not an assistant. I would have gladly practiced in Southwestern VA if there had been a job there for me. There was one dentist in the county looking for a hygienist for one day a week. I couldn't support my family working only one day a week.
Thank you,
Andrea Fuller