Dental Hygienist, Dental Center, Fulltime, First Shift

Responsibilities

• Polishing of the clinical crown(s) of teeth, including restorations.
• Removal of calcareous deposits of accretions from the crowns and roots of teeth.
• Sulcular placement of prescribed materials.
• Bleaching teeth under direct supervision (excluding procedures that utilize Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER) Technologies).
• Procedures while the patient is anesthetized.
• Monitor nitrous oxide-oxygen (N2O-O2) with appropriate training per state dental board guidelines.
• Placement of sealants.
• Aspiration and retraction, excluding placement of gingival retraction materials.
• Intra-oral instrument transfer.
• Preliminary charting of missing and filled teeth.
• Elastimeric impressions for diagnostic models and models to be used for opposing models in the construction of appliances and restorations.
• Taking impressions for the construction of custom athletic mouth protectors/mouth guards.
• Application of disclosing solutions.
• Caries susceptibility testing.
• Taking impressions for the construction of trays for application of medicaments.
• Peridontal scaling, root planning and soft tissue curettage, definitive subgingival curettage, definitive root planning.
• Shade selection for fabrication of appliances or restorations.
• - Application of topical anesthetics.
• Pulp testing.
• Fluoride application, limited to liquid or gel applications.
• Topical applications of desensitizing agents to teeth.
• Application of periodontal dressings (packs).
• Removal of periodontal dressings (packs).
• Suture removal.
• Placement of rubber dam over pre-placed clamp, and removal of clamp and rubber dam.
• Application of cavity varnish.
• Placement of surgical dressings.
• Removal of surgical dressings.
• Intra-oral bite registrations for diagnostic model articulation.
• Intra-oral bite registrations for restorations.
• Intra-oral bite registrations for appliances.
• Standard, diagnostic, radiologic procedures contributing to the provision of dental services.
• All supportive services necessary to the maintenance of a hygienic practice environment, including, but not limited to, all sterilizing procedures.
• Other post-operative and post-insertion instructions, as deemed appropriate by supervising dentist.
• Preparation of materials, drugs and medications for use in palliative dental procedures.
• Preparation of materials, drugs and medications for use in impression dental procedures.
• Preparation of materials, drugs and medications for use in restorative dental procedures.
• Polymerization of light-activated restorative or bonding materials.
• Review the physical demands and assign an overall average percentage of time this position performs these activities.
• Assistance during administration of life-support activities, and any other non-invasive procedures deemed necessary by the supervising dentist to maintain the health and safety of the patient.
• All non-invasive support services and procedures necessary to the gathering and maintaining of accurate and complete medical and dental history of the patient, including, but not limited to: Taking photographs.
• Recording patient treatment.
• Measurement of blood pressure and body temperature.
• Other common tests deemed necessary by supervising dentist.
• All patient education services, including, but not limited to: Progress reports.
• Oral hygiene instructions.
• Use of intra-oral hygiene devices.
• Self adjustment of orthodontic appliances.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from an accredited School of Dental Hygiene (Required)
• Certification: Must maintain current BLS certification (Required)
• Experience: Previous experience preferred, but not required.