Best Dental Hygenist : Iris Smisko
At Dr. Donald Hui’s office in Carlton Court Plaza, a lady by the name of Iris Smisko has won Prince Albert’s Best of the Best Award for the Best Dental Hygienist.
Iris began her career in dental health as a dental therapist. Even though no one in her family had experience in the dental health field, she dove right in and began a career that would eventually bring her to Dr. Hui’s practice in Prince Albert.
Iris enrolled right after high school, in a program for Dental Therapy, then called Dental Nursing, in Regina. Iris tells me the program is no longer available in Regina, in fact, no longer available in Canada as far as she knows.
She worked for several years in the school systems in rural Saskatchewan, bringing the dental therapy right to the children in the schools. This was convenient for the parents and for the children, but ultimately meant a lot of time on the road for Iris.