Healthcare will always be one of the leading professions in the job market because the services of healthcare are vital to our society. The healthcare industry is booming because more people have access to healthcare due to the Affordable Health Care Act; therefore, people can go to the doctors more for annual health screening such as dental exams and teeth cleaning. There will always be a demand for dental care. Dental hygienists will be one of the top ten growing fields over the next five tears. According to the 2015 Jobs Rated Report, “dental hygienist is one of the most in-demand professionals and projected at 33% by 2022. (CareerCast 2017.) For a long time, developments in technology for dental hygienist
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The first technological improvement is the Dimond Probe, which has been enhanced from the conventional, uncomfortable metal probes used in the past by making them plastic which has added more comfort to the patients. But what makes this device truly remarkable is the probes ability to gauge the pockets in the gums and recognize gingivitis. It can also locate sulfides, which is a type of bacteria found on the tongue. (O’Hehir, 2017.) The second device CAD/CAM is a dental restoration system which has been improved from the original models made back in 1987. CAD/CAM has been revised to “systematically gather subjective and objective information related to the patient’s oral health status.” Because of the updated system they can amplify the scanned detentions which help make better diagnoses and precise impressions. (Velotta, 2017.) The third gadget that has made diagnoses more accurate is the “VElscope can aid in the location of oral mucosal abnormalities, including oral cancer and pre-cancer, among other oral health concerns.” The innovative tool also makes it possible to detect lesions in the mouth that are not seen with the naked eye. It is a painless process that can be done during routine visits. (LED,
The first technological improvement is the Dimond Probe, which has been enhanced from the conventional, uncomfortable metal probes used in the past by making them plastic which has added more comfort to the patients. But what makes this device truly remarkable is the probes ability to gauge the pockets in the gums and recognize gingivitis. It can also locate sulfides, which is a type of bacteria found on the tongue. (O’Hehir, 2017.) The second device CAD/CAM is a dental restoration system which has been improved from the original models made back in 1987. CAD/CAM has been revised to “systematically gather subjective and objective information related to the patient’s oral health status.” Because of the updated system they can amplify the scanned detentions which help make better diagnoses and precise impressions. (Velotta, 2017.) The third gadget that has made diagnoses more accurate is the “VElscope can aid in the location of oral mucosal abnormalities, including oral cancer and pre-cancer, among other oral health concerns.” The innovative tool also makes it possible to detect lesions in the mouth that are not seen with the naked eye. It is a painless process that can be done during routine visits. (LED,