Summary: Dental hygienists often wear scrubs, a loose fitting type of clothing, for comfort and easy mobility in the workplace. Learn more about scrubs and dental care attire with help from a licensed dental assistant in this free video series on the dental profession.
Michelle McPhail has been a licensed dental assistant for more than seven years. At My Solutionz, she is the office coordinator and treatment coordinator. McPhail keeps everyone, even...read more
"So are you interested in knowing what Scrubs are for a dental hygienist? Well my name is Michelle and I am a dental assistant with Solutionz and I'm here to explain to you just exactly what scrubs are and pretty much show you. I'm wearing scrubs right now. They are a great form of an article of clothing because it pretty much, they are usually always about one to two dress sizes than what you normally would wear. The reason for that is because it lets you move around freely whenever you are working on patients. It doesn't really restrict you like some tight articles of clothing does but pretty much you can get them anywhere at any uniform store or even some clothing department stores, they actually sell them. There is different kinds, different colors, different styles to kind of fit your different characteristics so you can kind of be a little bit expressive with them but I personally love scrubs. It is like wearing my pajamas every day to work. They are very comfortable and like I said you are able to move around freely. You don't really feel restricted in them and you can kind of dress them up a little bit too wearing undershirts with them or different kinds of styles of shoes so scrubs are a great form of clothing especially if you are a dental professional or even a medical doctor or a nurse. They are great articles of clothing but once again my name is Michelle and I'm a dental assistant with Solutionz and I just explained to you what scrubs are for a dental hygienist."