IS being a dental assistant or hygientist boring?? I absolutely hate my job cause I am SOOOO bored all day!?

I'm thinking of a career switch, obviously :)

IS being a dental assistant or hygientist boring?? I absolutely hate my job cause I am SOOOO bored all day!?
make sure you understand the difference between the two, an assistant just hands tool to the dentist, you can typically be trained in an office without prior experience or education, and typical pay is $15/ hour or so, not bad, but not going to make you rich either.





A Hygenist actually cleans your teeth, it is nearly impossible to get into school for it, and when you do it is extremely difficult and demanding (takes about 2 years, but you are in class all day and doing homework all evening). The pay reflects it though and typical starting salaries can easily be $80k / year (about $40/hour)





I'd say both are good jobs, and both are in demand, only you can decide if you will enjoy it or think it is boring.
Reply:Well that depends, do you enjoy looking into people's mouths all day?
Reply:yes
Reply:I did it and hated it too! Find a new career!
Reply:I would consider it more disgusting than boring. If you want to achieve anything, however, you're going to have to undergo levels of tedium and other unpleasant factors. Switching jobs is only a good idea if you want to pursue something else, not because the place that you are at in life is "boring."
Reply:If you can read at work (which it seems like you can), try reading a novel.





I personally recommend "Choke" by: Chuck Palahniuk. He's also the author of "Fight Club" and many other really good books.





If you can, you totally should.
Reply:No. Not Boring. Plenty to do when you are not meeting new patients each day. Most offices are VERY busy. Good luck.
Reply:Being a dental hygienists would be a great job, if you love talking. Mine does and she has a captive audience...we can't really talk back when she is working on our mouth
Reply:I am a dental assistant and one of my dentists let me do everything to the patient but drill. I loved that job and I never got bored. I worked for another dentist and she did not let me do that much and I had a hard time staying awake when I was there. That job was sooooooo boring. You should try to find a dentist that lets you do more things.