Registered Dental Hygienist

Dental Hygienist 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 patients.
* Provides information to patients and employees by answering questions and requests.
* Maintains instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by sharpening, sterilizing, and selecting instruments.
* Select materials and equipment for dental hygiene visits by evaluating patients’ 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.
* Maintains patient appearance and ability to masticate by fabricating temporary restorations, cleaning, and polishing removable appliances.
* Places carve and finish amalgam restorations.
* Removes cement from crowns and bridges.
* Helps dentist manage dental and medical emergencies by maintaining CPR certification, emergency drugs and oxygen supply, and a directory of emergency numbers.
* Educates patients by giving oral hygiene and plaque control instructions and postoperative instructions and providing reminders of the time of the 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 a 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, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and 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, and verifying receipt of supplies.
* 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 * Bachelor’s degree preferred * State-registered Dental Hygienist * 1+ years in a dental office * Experience with EMR (electronic medical records), medical terminology a plus Job Type: Part-time Pay: $25.
00 - $38.
00 per hour Benefits: * Flexible schedule Schedule: * 8 hour shift License/Certification: * Registered Dental Hygienist (Required) * Dental License (Required) Work Location: In person