case study: the other hygienist

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CASE 11: The Other Hygienist

Christina DeBiase and Marcia Stewart

West Virginia University

Sue is a dental hygienist with 2 years of private practice

experience. She takes a new position in an office in which another

dental hygienist, Lynn, is also employed. Lynn has been associated

with this practice for 11 years and relies on this position to meet her

financial obligations. Sue and Lynn develop a real friendship and

often go to lunch together.

Sue quickly notices that many patients present with subgingival

calculus after Lynn has cleaned their teeth only 3 or 4 months

before. One patient even commented to Sue that the other hygienist

did not “clean as deep” as she did. When Sue had the opportunity

to watch Lynn, she found that she exclusively uses an anterior

sickle instrument and only scales supragingivally.

Sue’s immediate reaction was to inform her dentist–employer. He

replied, “Can you remove it?” Sue answered, “Of course I can.” The

dentist responded “Then just remove it!” Sue feels the need to do

something more, but has no immediate solution.