Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Hygienist Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Many patients that Margaret R. McElwee, Point Pleasant Beach, has been treating for the past ten years at the Toms River dental office of Dr. Ron Rotem recently gathered to celebrate McElwee’s 10th anniversary as their hygienist.
“Doctor Rotem, his wife Janett, and the staff decided to celebrate my anniversary by having a social gathering of patients that I have been treating for ten years in my tenth year,” says McElwee. Some patients are afraid and have very high anxiety when they visit the dentist; but when you get to know somebody, you get to feel comfortable with them, which makes them feel more at home and less stressed. That has always been my goal.”
As a dental hygienist, McElwee does general cleanings of the teeth and some periodontal maintenance. Before joining Dr. Rotem’s practice, McElwee worked at Monmouth Medical Center and in East Orange at VA hospital where she was the coordinator in the dental department. At the VA hospital, she received an award for her work in early detection of multiple oral cancers in more than 100 patients. “I had an affinity for finding oral cancer in the early stages so they gave me a recognition and then an award.”
McElwee, who graduated from Point Pleasant Beach High School, received an A.A. in dental hygiene from Fairleigh Dickerson University, Teaneck. A research paper McElwee wrote about xerostomia or dry mouth was published in the Critical Care Nursing Magazine around 1986. She later attended Georgian Court University, working toward a B.S. in biology.
McElwee is licensed and certified for nitrus oxide (laughing gas), a form of sedation. She belongs to the Women’s VFW Association in Point Pleasant Beach.
McElwee says, “I enjoy my job and I have enjoyed meeting patients and having actual relationships with them for over ten years. Basically, you get to know them so well it’s like they become part of your family.”
Submitted by Fran Kirschner, Frantasy Enterprises
“Doctor Rotem, his wife Janett, and the staff decided to celebrate my anniversary by having a social gathering of patients that I have been treating for ten years in my tenth year,” says McElwee. Some patients are afraid and have very high anxiety when they visit the dentist; but when you get to know somebody, you get to feel comfortable with them, which makes them feel more at home and less stressed. That has always been my goal.”
As a dental hygienist, McElwee does general cleanings of the teeth and some periodontal maintenance. Before joining Dr. Rotem’s practice, McElwee worked at Monmouth Medical Center and in East Orange at VA hospital where she was the coordinator in the dental department. At the VA hospital, she received an award for her work in early detection of multiple oral cancers in more than 100 patients. “I had an affinity for finding oral cancer in the early stages so they gave me a recognition and then an award.”
McElwee, who graduated from Point Pleasant Beach High School, received an A.A. in dental hygiene from Fairleigh Dickerson University, Teaneck. A research paper McElwee wrote about xerostomia or dry mouth was published in the Critical Care Nursing Magazine around 1986. She later attended Georgian Court University, working toward a B.S. in biology.
McElwee is licensed and certified for nitrus oxide (laughing gas), a form of sedation. She belongs to the Women’s VFW Association in Point Pleasant Beach.
McElwee says, “I enjoy my job and I have enjoyed meeting patients and having actual relationships with them for over ten years. Basically, you get to know them so well it’s like they become part of your family.”
Submitted by Fran Kirschner, Frantasy Enterprises
