Registered Dental Hygienist

Job Description Job Description Title: Registered Dental Hygienist Location: Chelmsford, MA JOB TYPE: Full-Time or Part-time Pay Rate: $50-60 hourly Job Description: We are seeking a highly skilled Dental Hygienist who would like to work with an innovative company offering top compensation and benefits. The Hygienist Promotes dental health by completing dental prophylaxis; providing oral cancer screening and radiographic studies; charting conditions of decay and disease; performing procedures in compliance with the dental practice act. Responsibilities: * Prepares patient for dental hygiene treatment by welcoming, soothing, seating, and draping patient * 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; 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, providing reminders of time of next dental hygiene visit * Documents dental hygiene services by recording vital signs and medical and dental histories; charting in patient records * Ensures operation of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques * Maintains dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies * Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies Job Benefits: * Health insurance * Paid Holidays, PTO * Uniform bonus * Family Dental Benefits * Retirement