Hygienist Monday to Friday

COAST DENTAL•Conyers, GA

23h

About The Position

Registered Dental Hygienists provide licensed dental hygiene services and work with a dentist to deliver hygiene, periodontal, and dental care. The role includes assessing patients’ oral health, developing periodontal treatment plans based on a dentist’s diagnosis, providing appropriate standard-of-care therapy, and educating patients about oral and overall health. The hygienist performs preventive and periodontal procedures, takes dental and carpal radiographs, carries out in-office whitening, and recommends follow-up and re-care intervals. Duties are limited to those allowed under applicable state laws and regulations. For a Florida position, a Level 2 background screening through the Agency for Health Care Administration is required; an Onboarding Specialist can coordinate it if the applicant does not already have an active screening.

Requirements

Must be licensed and in good standing with the state.
Associate or bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate.
Willingness to partner with the dentist and work well as a member of the dental team.
Visual acuity and manual dexterity to use dental instruments within a patient’s mouth with little room for error.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ teeth, bone, and periodontal tissues for abnormalities or suspected disease or conditions.
Create periodontal treatment plans based on the dentist’s diagnosis.
Immediately alert the dentist to suspected lesions in the mouth or on the teeth.
Remove soft and hard deposits and extrinsic stains using hand instruments, ultrasonic cavitron inserts, and prophy handpieces.
Instruct patients on oral hygiene practices, recommend home-care products or devices, and provide other health care education as necessary.
Perform prophylaxis when periodontal disease or gingivitis is absent.
Perform full-mouth debridement as an initial stage of gingivitis therapy or to remove calculus that interferes with diagnosis and treatment planning.
Perform scaling and root planing as periodontal therapy.
Place locally administered antibiotics as supportive periodontal therapy.
Perform irrigation and desensitizing procedures or use products as adjuncts to periodontal therapy.
Position and expose dental and carpal radiographic film and sensors.
Perform in-office whitening procedures, including applying and curing gel and making subsequent applications.
Apply cavity-preventive agents such as fluoride and pit-and-fissure sealants.
Recommend patient re-care intervals and follow-up needs.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned and allowed under applicable state laws and regulations.