DENTAL HYGIENIST

The GEO Group•Adelanto, CA

20d

About The Position

This position performs dental measures designed to preserve teeth and prevent the spread of oral disease. The Dental Hygienist provides clinical services and health education to improve and maintain oral health. The role also performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in dental hygiene from an accredited postsecondary institution or a two-year certificate program.
Appropriate state licensure.
Knowledge of information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat injuries and diseases, including symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to provide diagnosis and treatment related to dental hygiene.
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language.
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems.
Knowledge of human behavior and performance, mental processes, psychological research methods, and assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Knowledge of departmental machines and tools, including their designs, uses, benefits, repair, and maintenance.
Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods, including alternative ways to inform and entertain through written, oral, and visual media.
Ability to work with computers and software typically used by the department.
Must be at least 21 years of age.
Must be a United States citizen.

Responsibilities

Clean calcareous deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath gum margins.
Feel lymph nodes under patients’ chins to detect swelling or tenderness that could indicate oral cancer.
Feel and visually examine gums for sores and signs of disease.
Examine gums to locate periodontal recession and signs of gum disease.
Apply fluorides and other cavity-preventing agents to arrest dental decay.
Chart conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by a dentist.
Expose and develop x-ray film.
Make impressions for study casts.
Remove sutures and dressings.
Administer local anesthetic agents.
Place and remove rubber dams, matrices, and temporary restorations.
Place, carve, and finish amalgam restorations.
Remove excess cement from coronal surfaces of teeth.
Provide clinical services and health education to improve and maintain oral health.
Perform other duties as assigned.