The Dental Hygienists & Assistants Fix Kit
Built for dental hygienists and assistants.
Dental hygienists and assistants search the salary figure more than almost any trade. What slips away is in the schedule: open time sent home or kept unpaid between patients, setup and sterilizing done off the clock, a production bonus nobody can explain, working interviews done for free, and a new overtime deduction most offices won't mention. I wrote this kit so you can check each one against your own stubs and schedule.
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The 6 leaks it covers
2 you can close it · 3 the other side owes it · 1 a pro decides
- Pay never checked against the published median and your own credentialsWhere to look first: Write down your rate, hours per week, benefits, and credentials: license, local anesthesia or nitrous permits, expanded functions, radiology.Keep it from coming back: Ask for a review each time you add a permit, and once a year regardless.You can close it
- Held at the office between patients but not paid for the gapWhere to look first: For two weeks, write down cancellations and no-shows, and what you were told: stay, leave, or stay and do other tasks.Keep it from coming back: Write down every gap you were told to stay through, the same day.The other side owes it
- Setup, sterilization and charting done off the clockWhere to look first: For two weeks, write down when you arrive and start setting up, when the last instrument is processed and the last chart closed, and your clock times.Keep it from coming back: Clock in when you start working, not when the first patient arrives.The other side owes it
- Production bonus paid with a formula nobody has written downWhere to look first: Ask for the bonus formula in writing: what counts as production, collected or scheduled, the threshold, the percent, and the period.Keep it from coming back: Check the bonus against the report every time it is paid.The other side owes it
- Working interviews done for freeWhere to look first: Before a working interview, ask in writing whether it is paid, at what rate, and for how long.Keep it from coming back: Never start a working interview without the pay answer in writing.You can close it
- The new overtime deduction left off the returnWhere to look first: For tax years 2025 through 2028 there is a federal deduction for qualified overtime pay (VERIFIED: Iowa State CALT summary of IRS guidance).Keep it from coming back: Keep a running overtime list all year.A pro decides
Free: one full leak from this kit
No sign-up, no email. Here is leak 1 of 6 exactly as it appears in the kit, so you can see what you get before you buy.
Pay never checked against the published median and your own credentials
You can close it- Write down your rate, hours per week, benefits, and credentials: license, local anesthesia or nitrous permits, expanded functions, radiology.
- For reference, the BLS May 2025 median was $98,100 a year for dental hygienists and $48,070 for dental assistants (VERIFIED: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook). National middle figures, not what your office must pay.
- Many hygienists work part time. Compare hourly to hourly, not your year to a full-time year (CALCULATED: your pay / your paid hours).
- List any permit or function you added since your last raise.
- Ask for a review in writing with your list.
Your part: Make the list and ask. Your employer decides.
Email to the office manager or dentist: Hi [NAME], Since [DATE] I've added [PERMITS / FUNCTIONS] and I'm now doing [DUTIES]. I'd like to meet about my rate. Could we set a time? Thank you, [YOUR NAME]
Ask for a review each time you add a permit, and once a year regardless.
What this kit can't decide for you: We never tell you what to ask for. The median is context only.
That's 1 of 6. The other 5 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When dental hygienists and assistants go looking for answers, they search things like “dental hygienist salary”, “dental assistant salary”, “dental hygienist pay” and “dental assistant pay”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 6 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Pay never checked against the published median and your own credentials: where do I start?
Start here: Write down your rate, hours per week, benefits, and credentials: license, local anesthesia or nitrous permits, expanded functions, radiology. To keep it from coming back: Ask for a review each time you add a permit, and once a year regardless.
Held at the office between patients but not paid for the gap: where do I start?
Start here: For two weeks, write down cancellations and no-shows, and what you were told: stay, leave, or stay and do other tasks. To keep it from coming back: Write down every gap you were told to stay through, the same day.
Setup, sterilization and charting done off the clock: where do I start?
Start here: For two weeks, write down when you arrive and start setting up, when the last instrument is processed and the last chart closed, and your clock times. To keep it from coming back: Clock in when you start working, not when the first patient arrives.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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Next step
- Run your free LeakReceipts check — it reads your own receipts and records and shows where money is leaking out, line by line.
- TrueNET — the whole-picture money truth: what you actually keep after every cost, across everything you earn and spend.
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