Dental Hygienist

About This Role

Provide comprehensive dental hygiene care and education to patients as part of a dental team, focusing on oral health wellness and disease prevention.

Responsibilities

• Apply the dental hygiene process of care (Assessment, Dental Hygiene Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation)
• Gather accurate patient data for systemic and oral comprehensive assessment
• Review medical, dental, and social history
• Take and/or update blood pressure
• Perform extra-oral and intra-oral exams
• Chart and record dental and periodontal findings
• Conduct risk assessment through patient interviewing
• Expose and evaluate diagnostic radiographs
• Document assessment findings in Electronic Dental Records (EDR) system
• Communicate findings with the doctor of record to establish a dental hygiene treatment plan
• Communicate and reinforce the treatment plan to the patient
• Render appropriate dental hygiene care including prophy, scaling, polishing, scaling and root planning
• Provide oral health education, nutritional counseling, and smoking cessation support
• Administer local anesthesia or N2O when necessary
• Apply preventative and therapeutic fluoride, sealants and restorations
• Engage and educate the patient as a partner in care
• Continuously evaluate and counsel patient concerning oral health status
• Recommend patient products according to individual patient needs
• Perform infection control procedures including disinfection and sterilization
• Utilize appropriate barrier techniques and adhere to infection control policy and guidelines
• Assist coworkers, maintain operatory and sharpen instruments

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited dental hygiene program
• Current BLS certification
• Current dental hygiene license in good standing
• Local anesthesia endorsement
• N2O permit

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited dental hygiene program. Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor’s degree

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits

Certifications