Dental Hygienist
About The Position
Triangle Pediatric Dentistry provides comprehensive dentistry for infants, children, and teenagers, including patients with special health care needs. The practice aims to deliver high-quality dental care in a safe, compassionate, inclusive, and judgment-free environment, while providing exceptional customer service to parents. The Dental Hygienist performs licensed hygiene procedures, educates patients, and manages the nonsurgical periodontal program as directed by the dentist. The role involves maintaining patient care relationships, documenting health histories, explaining oral health and available services, and performing clinical hygiene procedures and preventive treatments.
Requirements
- Dental hygiene certification from an accredited dental hygiene school.
- Current hygiene license where employed.
- Maintain annual OSHA, HIPAA, BLS, and infection control training as required by law.
- Experience with dental software.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain continued patient care relationships.
- Verify and document patient health history and educate patients about oral hygiene, health, disease, procedures, and services offered.
- Perform clinical hygiene functions, including exposing and evaluating diagnostic X-rays, taking and recording blood pressure, adult and child prophylaxis, nonsurgical periodontal therapy, and co-assessing possible restorative treatments with the doctor.
- Determine patient needs and perform sealant placement, Arestin, and fluoride treatments as needed.
- Manage the nonsurgical periodontal program as directed by the dentist.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
