What Is The Wage Per Hour In Lethbridge Alberta???

ok in Vancouver, British Columbia said: dental assistants make anywhere from $12-20 in BC..i don't know where you are getting that $40 figure from..taht only hygienists

aww yeah....awful career dental assisting, u put up with lots of b*** that's why the pay is high. but it pays with experience. u could make up to 35 dollar an hour. eg U of T

Anna in Cottam, Ontario said: Could anyone tell me what wages could be expected when working in Winnipeg or anywhere in Manitoba? Also, is Edmonton better to work in...or Calgary? Thanx!

Manitoba wages are really poor and getting worse and worse by year. Winnipeg on average you can make between $25-$35. Not wroth it, plus teh weather is brutal here.

dentist to hygienist in Scarborough, Ontario said: any one know about wages in Thompson. MB.? I am planning to move in north of Manitoba

LOL. WOW. what a culture shock, Scarborough to Thomson?

That's a bunch of hooey! It was $25 in Wpg over 10 years ago... now it is in the 38-42 range, depending on your experience.
Misinformation is a terrible thing -- if you walk into an interview thinking 25 is a good place to start, it will bring down the wage for everyone. Think big!! You're worth it!

Michelle Saunder in Winnipeg, Manitoba said: LOL. WOW. what a culture shock, Scarborough to Thomson?

There is a dentist in thompson manitoba looking for a hygienist.

shyla in Acton, Ontario said: There is a dentist in thompson manitoba looking for a hygienist.

Can you tell the name of office?

RDH in Winnipeg, Manitoba said: Unfortunately, closing the unaccredited schools will do zero to help the over-saturation that's already happened. It will take decades to absorb the thousands of grads that have come out of Ontario every year for the past several years. Good schools or not, they all contribute to the problem.

AND...to add a new twist to the challenges in the dental field--competition from foreign dentists! A mom I met at the park was oh-so-happy to have received dental treatment(major) overseas, while on vacation. She saved a ton of money(it paid for her vacation) and her insurance company paid for it. She claimed it was a state-of-the-art clinic in a french-speaking country. I thought to myself: "Well maybe the federal competition bureau knows something afterall!" Canadian dentists and hygienists may be in for a rude surprise if this type of vacation catches on!

another 30 year veteran in Calgary, Alberta said: Rumor has it that a class action law suit is brewing. This would hold the people behind the private schools responsible for the failure to set up Dental Hygiene Programs that meet the standards required for their graduates to pass the Canadian Board Exams and get jobs.

Do you have any more info about this?

in Toronto, Ontario said: I will be moving to Calgary in October and have begun thinking about work. Does anyone have any suggestions about where I could start looking for a job? I also have my CDA II; I was thinking if the DH jobs are lacking that I could work as an assistant and possibly work my way up.

check kijiji.ca - calgary - dental hygiene jobs, last time i checked 4 dh jobs.

I live in Calgary. To become a dental hygienist where should I go to get my education in Calgary?

I'm sorry but did your read the above posts. Why would u take dents
Hygiene of there is no jobs. BTW it's University of Alberta.

Signature Smile is a New Dental Hygiene Clinic on 4th street in Calgary, Alberta. We are currently accepting resumes for Dental Hygienists. Hours and Days are flexible. Must have LA module. Pay is commission based. Please email resumes to sigsmile@hotmail.ca

Please help. I am seriously regretting my choice of careers after I finished reading all these posts. I was in high school when I decided that I wanted to be a dental hygienist and at the time, was told that it was a good career choice. I love helping people and definitely want a career in healthcare. I am now in my second year of university and have focused these past two years on completing my prerequisites for the dental hygiene program and have already applied for admission for the upcoming academic year. If I switch career choices now, I know that I will never graduate on time. I am in a real pickle as to what to do here. I really want to be a dental hygienist but at the same I don't want to be unemployed and living in my parents' basement forever.

My advice: worry less about your graduation timetable and more about your long-term prognosis. In the long run, an extra semester or an extra year won't matter -- not as much as being stuck in a career with no jobs. This field is very uncertain and if you are just embarking on it, you have prerequisites that can be applied to many other health care fields. You are luckier than most, having figured this out before you put in all the work to become a DH. The world is your oyster! Choose very carefully -- good luck!

RDH in Winnipeg:
My sentiments exactly! What difference will an extra year make when you're considering a lifetime? Very little. Research other healthcare professions carefully. Interview those in the field. Job shadow. Then you can ask the nitty-gritty questions. Best of luck, Worried in Calgary.

I don't think you should worry to much you have set out on a path and it sounds like you know this is a career for you? There are lots of options such as long term care, public health, private practice, workong for an indian band, or the oilfields, a mobile clinic, so I know it is tough out there for employment but the tide will change and opefully between now and then you find a good job. Many hygienists are working two or ree part time jobs? Wishing you luck in whatever you decide

Shame on you, Kimberly RDH! There's no room on this forum for people to conduct themselves that way.

To Greg in Edmonton, dentists from other countries often train as hygienists in order to learn the terminology, and your friend would have to pass a Canadian DH program and pass her board exams in order to practice dental hygiene in Canada. Jobs are not plentiful, so she might want to do her homework before she relocates. Hope this helps.

kimberly rdh in Toronto, Ontario said: tell your friend and to all non Canadians... stay away from our country and our jobs

I agree. F*&k off, we are full.

Andrea in Calgary, Alberta said: The fact remains that a university degree is just as expensive and there is no difference in wage between degree/diploma. Also, if a hygienist is not making at least $60/hr then she is getting hosed. The dentist bills per unit of scale not per unit of skill and every dollar the hygienist is not making, the dentist takes home.

Are you serious? You think dental equipment, supplies, rent, receptionists etc. are all free???? That is so funny! The remainder of the fee is not taken home by the dentist.

What is pay at in BC these days? I am at $42/hr. I know there are an abundance of dentists and hygienists here. But there are always some retiring, having babies or moving on to other careers so there will always be some opportunities for new grads, just more competitive.

Are you serious? Do you know how much dentists bill per hour?? Sure there are costs involved but for a 3 op office with top equipment these days you pay~$350000. I know I checked it out. A nice house doesn't even cost this little these days. And this house will bring you lots of money. How much is it for a unit of scale these days?Oh yeah anywhere from$60-75 depending where you are. And that is just for hygiene for one unit of scale. Add xrays/ pro/ f and any adjunct perio therapy and fee of about ~$400 sums up for one vists if the office is well organized (if not more). If it wasn't profitable there wouldn't be so many dentists around going all independent.

A unit of scaling is billed at about $31 in BC - NOT $60-75! Xrays are only $7 each or less. It is typical in BC for a hygienist to bill less than $100 per hour, once no-shows and extras are figured in. It is a HUGE difference than in AB or ON, where fees are much, MUCH higher.

I agree, dentists in AB must be making a killing. Even with low fees, BC doctors can make plenty - easily 250k/yr after 10 years in the field.

RDH are paid about an average of $42/hr across BC. But new grads and job openings are being offered less than that, due to the shortage of work/too many RDH here.

Is waterbug100 still on here???

Waterbug, you make some great points regarding what it would involve to repair our current situation of too many poorly trained hygienists. In August I was hired to fix a hygiene department gone incredibly wrong, which was being run by a DH who graduated from one of those fly-by-night schools in Ontario. I have enough x-ray documentation of poor sub-g scaling to choke a horse. No one in this practice has had probing charted for at least 8 years. I wonder if this would be enough to help convince a dental association or whoever granted accreditation to this school that this person should NEVER have graduated??

I really think we need to do something.... I'm 100% behind fixing our situation. The public should have confidence in their hygienists.

ToothChick in Calgary, Alberta said: Is waterbug100 still on here???

Waterbug, you make some great points regarding what it would involve to repair our current situation of too many poorly trained hygienists. In August I was hired to fix a hygiene department gone incredibly wrong, which was being run by a DH who graduated from one of those fly-by-night schools in Ontario. I have enough x-ray documentation of poor sub-g scaling to choke a horse. No one in this practice has had probing charted for at least 8 years. I wonder if this would be enough to help convince a dental association or whoever granted accreditation to this school that this person should NEVER have graduated??

The associations won't give a darn about some individual case. Plenty of doctors have avoided paying attention to perio and let the hyg dept go awry. And plenty of RDH from 'good schools' slack off also. That is very common. (But most docs and RDH do care and keep on top of it to some extent.) It isn't going to change for some time until we have court cases of perio malpractice forcing a change. Generally, I bet it is rare that patients would complain to the board about not getting probed - many hate that part - and it is too easy to blame the patient for not flossing, which is undeniably a major contributing factor in perio consequences.

In BC, all of us will now be forced to retake special competency exams every X years. With so many of the private college grads failing the board exam (when the info is fresh in their mind), I bet they will really struggle to remember it all 5-10 years later. Maybe that will weed out some of the worst? I dunno, we will see.

skrrrrrr in Victoria, British Columbia said: Plenty of doctors have avoided paying attention to perio and let the hyg dept go awry. And plenty of RDH from 'good schools' slack off also. That is very common.

Really Skrrrrr? You really think this? I must disagree. I think most RDHs (and dentists) are very conciencous individuals and try to do their very best for their clients each and every day.

skrrrrrr in Victoria, British Columbia said: With so many of the private college grads failing the board exam (when the info is fresh in their mind), I bet they will really struggle to remember it all 5-10 years later.

Do you have any stats on this Skrrr? I really am interested in knowing what percent of private school grads fail the board, as opposed to what percent of public sector hygiene grads fail it. Please let me know.

Here is a link to the summary of individual schools and how well they have performed on the National Dental Hygiene Examination. University of Alberta 100%....unaccredited schools in Ontario 58% with some scoring as low as 19%. But still pumping them out.

www.ndhcb.ca/files/2011_School_Sum_Report.pdf

Wow, great info Keli. Thanks.

FWIW, my opinion on the Canadian board was that it was incredibly, incredibly easy. I went to a US college, and so was required to take the US board which, in my opinion, was ten times harder than the Canadian board exam.

There were 7 Canadians in my class in TX and we all walked out of the Canadian board asking each other if that was some kind of joke. Speaks volumes that grads here are failing it.

ToothChick in Calgary, Alberta said: Wow, great info Keli. Thanks.

FWIW, my opinion on the Canadian board was that it was incredibly, incredibly easy. I went to a US college, and so was required to take the US board which, in my opinion, was ten times harder than the Canadian board exam.

There were 7 Canadians in my class in TX and we all walked out of the Canadian board asking each other if that was some kind of joke. Speaks volumes that grads here are failing it.

I graduated the first year that took the canadian national exam and at the time it was NO joke-I too took the US National exam and at the time I found it very easy as compared to the Canadian one.
Kind of makes you wonder how things have changed for hygiene in the last 14-15 years.

DH in Calgary, Alberta said: I graduated the first year that took the canadian national exam and at the time it was NO joke-I too took the US National exam and at the time I found it very easy as compared to the Canadian one.
Kind of makes you wonder how things have changed for hygiene in the last 14-15 years.

I graduated only 4 years ago in Ontario and the Boards where very easy! I think there should have been alot more...but also I was out first and waiting for others and watching them come out like it was the end of the world...alot of it is just common sense! Sorry but the American Boards made me sweat! It was alot harder! It does make the Canadian one look like a joke!

DH is probably the worst thing you can do right now one of my friends whos a recent grad hasnt been able to find a job in more than a year now

hi guys

i just found out that RDH programs in ontario has become 3 year!!! I hope that will make some things change!!!

The Ontario private schools are still 18 months. Maybe the public schools might be trying to go for 3 years but the private schools are not changing.

Here ia a link showing the length at Canadian Institute of dental hygiene stating it is 75 weeks. www.cidh.on.ca/program-information same as Toronto college of dental hygiene and the rest of them. Look up these programs and see for yourself.

Why would they change? This is how they make money.

st. clair collège and algonquin college are both showing their program to be 3 years on their website!

st. clair collège and algonquin college are both showing their program to be 3 years on their website!

In your research were those both private schools or public?

The market sucks in Ontario, but in places where people don't want to live (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, PEI) practices are booming. I recently talked to a dentist here in Winnipeg and he's having problems finding dental hygienists to work for him. He mentioned that he advertised a position two weeks ago and hasn't got any sort of form of a response back.

So if you want to work somewhere nice and full of life, don't pick dental hygiene as a career. Nobody wants to live in those above places for any reason ;)

Hi,can enyone recommend temp or job agencies in Edmonton AB for dental hygienists. Thanks

Independent in Edmonton, Alberta said: Are you serious? Do you know how much dentists bill per hour?? Sure there are costs involved but for a 3 op office with top equipment these days you pay~$350000. I know I checked it out. A nice house doesn't even cost this little these days. And this house will bring you lots of money. How much is it for a unit of scale these days?Oh yeah anywhere from$60-75 depending where you are. And that is just for hygiene for one unit of scale. Add xrays/ pro/ f and any adjunct perio therapy and fee of about ~$400 sums up for one vists if the office is well organized (if not more). If it wasn't profitable there wouldn't be so many dentists around going all independent.

I agree with you. That's how much I am making for my dentist per hour and still he is complaining how big is office owerhead and all kind of other b... expenses for the office.I am a 100% with you. Girls do not agree for less.

Please remember when office overhead is discussed that the highest part of the overhead is always said to be salaries. Of course it is! The DDS and his family are in that group too! That is why there are professional corporations. To be able to write off the wife's salary, (for signing cheques), the kid's allowances,(for staying out of trouble mostly!).

To all above comments..... NOW WE ARE CRITICALLY THINKING ABOUT THIS... You know poor dentists not being able to afford things because they have overheads. Did u guys see the Edmonton journals article on dentists with clinics on the reserves. Very interesting. Just read it yesterday.

The key is to find our niche where we can practice the way we want. To be able to maximizes our knowledge, potential and education. There is room for us. I say dentists have no more monopoly to the dental industry. We just need to stop fearing the unknown. The only thing to fear is the fear itself. This has become our time to shine. The sooner we acknowledge it the better for us as individuals and as profession. Please ladies do not be afraid of the things that you have always wanted to do or to become ( opening your stand alone clinic, mobile, collaboration with other health professionals etc). The fact is the reward will follow. We are all somewhat afraid of the inestments it may take (time and financial) but we all already invested a lot into education, time and financial that it took to finish our education. Consider your dreams. Life is to short to fear it. Have a great week in perusing your dreams.

Hello all,

I am relocating this year to Alberta. Destination still unknown. The final areas are Edmonton, Calgary area or Red Deer. I am wondering about job climate, wages, and ease of finding full time positions, can anyone help perhaps email me privately?
andi_canada@hotmail.com

No jobs in Edmonton.

Independent in Edmonton, Alberta said: No jobs in Edmonton.

I agree with Independent.There are no jobs in Edmonton. No P/T, no F/T, no temps.

I would tend to disagree.I know new grads getting jobs for more money than I make with 5 yrs of experience on my resume. A lot of times I see networking getting into play. For any newcomers in the field or in the city I would advice get yourself registered with a good study club. You will network with some good dentists that may help you get something part-time or even temp. There are hygienists who go for vacations relocate, retire or have babies. Somebody has to cover those shifts.
In another good one is get in touch with company reps like Patterson, Sinclair, Oral-B etc and request them if they come across any positions. I was approached by a Rep for a position in Spruce Grove but I did not wanted to travel as I am a single MOM.
Please don't lose hope you will find something it may not be a full-time though.
Best of luck!!!

Hope in Edmonton in Edmonton, Alberta said: I would tend to disagree.I know new grads getting jobs for more money than I make with 5 yrs of experience on my resume. A lot of times I see networking getting into play. For any newcomers in the field or in the city I would advice get yourself registered with a good study club. You will network with some good dentists that may help you get something part-time or even temp. There are hygienists who go for vacations relocate, retire or have babies. Somebody has to cover those shifts.
In another good one is get in touch with company reps like Patterson, Sinclair, Oral-B etc and request them if they come across any positions. I was approached by a Rep for a position in Spruce Grove but I did not wanted to travel as I am a single MOM.
Please don't lose hope you will find something it may not be a full-time though.
Best of luck!!!

Thanks so much for the vote of confidence. I am by no means a new grad, and I have a degree and my LA along with many other attributes. I am just curious what the job climate, the wages, and looking into it while I await the final determination as to where we will end up. I am currently getting licensed in Alberta.

I have been practicing for the past 10 years. Last 2 years ive been working only 2.5 days a week. I do have LA, prescription and nitrous oxide and cannot find another part time position. Yes, people do move, retire etc but There are over 23000 of hygienists in Canada and not enough positions unless u open your own practice. I know many people in our industry and if no openings no matter what you do there are no jobs. I could just tell you oh sure go ahead and come to Edmonton. Please go on Kijiji and see how many RDH advertise there looking for a position. And check out the edm journal on line end see how many listings are there. There is none. And sure we can have our head stuck in the cloud and believe its all good but check out the facts.

andi in Vancouver, British Columbia said: Hello all,

I am relocating this year to Alberta. Destination still unknown. The final areas are Edmonton, Calgary area or Red Deer. I am wondering about job climate, wages, and ease of finding full time positions, can anyone help perhaps email me privately?
andi_canada@hotmail.com

Do your due diligence and get on the phone!!! Call the CRDHA, call temp agencies, look in the papers, online (kijiji etc)...there are very few jobs available here unless you want to travel to some remote area or open your own practice. "Hope" i'm sorry but I disagree with you. The job market here is NOT good.

Avoid dental hygiene.

The job market here is horrible. Dentists are getting tighter and tighter with pay and are squeezing more out of the employees. Typical in a bad economy with a lot of replacement employees available....
There are many applicants for each position. The dental offices that do have a rare vacancy are often the places where you do not want to work and have a really high turnover (usually for a good reason). The uncertain economy here is making people not change for better jobs so people are keeping their jobs even if they are treaded decreasingly well. Real estate here will most likely crash and that is going to make what is happening in Ontario' economy seem like a day at the beach. BC has no real economy other than a lot of real estate hype. Risky, very risky to settle here. Impossible to settle in Vancouver. You will not be able to pay $3000/month mortgage unless your income is over $150K own a house there... Do you really want to buy a crack house looking 1M dollar demolition project? It could easily do a USA style crash. 1

Boom and bust Alberta depends on oil prices. If we go to under $80 per barrel (we are over $100 now), the tarsands projects will stop growing or even shut down as extraction would be uneconomical. A bust cycle in Alberta, again, having no real economy other than oil, leaves you needing to move
quick....
It may be a good place for a while but can you buy a house on that? I would not.

Advice...
Ontario produced too many hygienists. It will be a sellers market for dentists until the dental hygiene college stops allowing dentist owned hygiene schools to flood the market to reduce their labor cost. Sadly, it is probably not worth going into the field

sharp1 in Kelowna, British Columbia said: What is pay at in BC these days? I am at $42/hr. I know there are an abundance of dentists and hygienists here. But there are always some retiring, having babies or moving on to other careers so there will always be some opportunities for new grads, just more competitive.

I think these type of posts are by dentists trying to make hygienists come to their areas so they can reduce the pay they give hygienists.

The script they teach at dental school goes like this:" yes...come here...all is beautiful...go to RDH school...flood the market...Your eyes are tired...you will get paid tons....You are sleepy....Go to hygiene school and get into $40K debt...just keep listening to my voice... there are many jobs for amazing dentists... don't look at the classifieds...you are totally relaxed....have faith so I can pay you less and less and eventually minimum wage as it should and could be....At the sound of me firing you to replace you with a cheaper Ontario grad, you will wake up..."

Look at the classifieds and stop asking silly questions of people that have had the same job for years, they do not know, they have not looked...ask all the hygienists looking for jobs...Look at kijii, craigslist etc...If you don't see any jobs...guess what? There aren't any.

All you positive, part timers, with the same job for the past 20 years, stop giving young people silly advice if you have not looked for a job in the past 4 years. Please.