Dental Hygienist

Job Description

Job Description

Registered Dental Hygienist

Our growing practice is looking for an outgoing, detail oriented, experienced dental hygienist. Our team members are tight knit and we all work together to provide the best patient experience. We currently have 2 full time hygienists who have both been with the practice for over 20 years. We serve all demographics, from preschoolers to the elderly, with many patients who have been with our practice for decades. The ideal candidate will have a calm, reassuring, and friendly demeanor as well as the ability to multitask in a fast-paced atmosphere.

Dental Hygienist Job Responsibilities:

• Promotes dental health by completing dental prophylaxis, providing oral cancer screening and radiographic studies, charting conditions of decay and disease, and performing procedures in compliance with the Dental Practice Act.
• Prepares treatment room for patient by adhering to prescribed procedures and protocols.
• Prepares patient for dental hygiene treatment by welcoming, soothing, seating, and draping patient.
• Provides information to patients and employees by answering questions and requests.
• Maintains instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by sharpening, sterilizing, and selecting instruments.
• Selects materials and equipment for dental hygiene visit by evaluating patient’s oral health.
• Completes dental prophylaxis by cleaning deposits and stains from teeth and from beneath gum margins.
• Detects disease by completing oral cancer screening; feeling and visually examining gums, using probes to locate periodontal disease and to assess levels of recession and exposing and developing radiographic studies.
• Arrests dental decay by applying fluorides and other cavity- preventing agents.
• Helps dentist manage dental and medical emergencies by maintaining CPR certification, emergency drugs and oxygen supply, and directory of emergency numbers.
• Educates patients by giving oral hygiene and plaque control instructions and postoperative instructions and providing reminders of time of next dental hygiene visit.
• Documents dental hygiene services by recording vital signs and medical and dental histories and charting in patient records.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Ensures operation of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements, following manufacturer’s instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, and calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Conserves dental resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.

Dental Hygienist Qualifications / Skills:

• Use of dental technology
• Dental health maintenance
• Infection control
• Health promotion and maintenance
• Bedside manner
• Creating a safe, effective environment
• Listening
• Teamwork
• Administering medication
• Thoroughness
• Self-development

Work Hours to be determined

Pay based on experience

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• State-registered Dental Hygienist
• 4+ years experience in a dental office
• Current CPR certification
• Experience with Open Dental software and medical terminology a plus

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Employee discount

Education:

• Associate (Required)

Experience:

• Open Dental: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Registered Dental Hygienist license (Required)
• CPR Certification (Preferred)