What a shame that any dentist would want to subject his/her practice to below average care...my guess is the dentists that submitted thier "yes" vote are those that have stuggling practices and want to pay minimum wage for minimum care.. for those of us that work in quality care practices..we employ only board certified dental hygienist's and choose to work for QUALITY dentists!

Dental Assistant's are GREAT, I was one for many years, but they play a very different arena in the dental field, most are trained on the job and are NOT board certified.  Their job description is very defined as is THE HYGIENISTS and the DOCS