Imposter Syndrome
So I am in dental hygiene school. Occasionally I pick up shifts at this pediatric practice. Given the laws of California, a dental assistant in a pedo office more or less effectively works as a hygienist. Now tell me why my coworkers, who are not in hygiene school, are so much faster than me. We get 30 mins per appointment, RC, including X-rays, light scale, polish, exam with Dr, and OHI with parents and patient. I in good conscious, can’t finish an appointment in this time frame. Sometimes the patient has really good OH, 30 mins is plenty. But a 15 year old, with bad hygiene, I’m subgingivally scaling??? And it’s not that I want to, but I have to? If I don’t I feel bad, even if it’s outside of my scope. I’m letting a 15 year old leave with residual calc. And I floss last right before I call Dr in. Sometime Dr comes in as I’m flossing which is when I find my residual calc, and then bring it to Drs attention. But like I feel like I’m not doing enough, so how are my coworkers finishing faster than me?? I feel like an imposter yet I’m more equipped than my fellow assistants, so how do they feel?