Is it normal???

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#16 Post by **Clairey Fairey** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:18 pm

My ortho does all the work and the assistant just passes the stuff to her

#17 Post by **Zondrae** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:24 pm

my ortho does all the work too. The assistant just passes things & fetches stuff for him.

#18 Post by **Rainy** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:12 pm

What Meryaten says is very much true. The scope of practice allowed by assitants can be very different state by state here in the US, as well as other countries. My ortho only came over and tweaked a few brackets, his assistant did everything else, including dropping a few on the floor and spilling the bottle of cement.

Rainy

Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:26 am

The assistnats do most of he work. The ortho just tells tem wat to do. The only thing he does is check to see how things are going. But he didput o the brackets and stuff, and the orto assisted with the assistants in the bonding and stuff.

It seems to me that the seond level of any proffession does the most work and less pay lol

Like a doctor: The nurses i find do all the work. They just prescribe stuff.
Orthos: Some do it all, some just assist, some not at all.

#20 Post by **LuvBug26** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:21 pm

At my orotho's office the assistant does most of the work. The ortho actually put my brackets on but when that was done the asst. came and finished the rest up. And at each adj. the ortho replaces my wire, checks my bite and teeth and talks about my progress and stuff but the asst. puts my ligs on.

#21 Post by **SnowSara** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:57 am

I don't even consider my ortho's office to be a very large one and he still oversees the assistants instead of doing the work himself. I do not feel short changed in the slightest, my ortho is very attentive, he just doesn't need to do the hands-on work himself when he hires such wonderful, capable, smart assistants. At every appointment we discuss my treatment and have plenty of time for chit chat and any questions I may have.