Float Registered Dental Hygienist - Lamont Dental

Clinica Sierra Vista•Lamont, CA

22d•Onsite

About The Position

Clinica Sierra Vista is seeking a Dental Hygienist Float to join their team. This role acts as an auxiliary to the Dentist, serving as a licensed professional oral health educator and clinical operator. The primary objective is to control and prevent oral diseases, aiding patients in achieving and maintaining optimal oral health. The practice of dental hygiene involves assessment, planning, implementation of care plans, oral health education, counseling, and health screening. The Dental Hygienist's role is to provide integrated preventive services, ensuring the best sequence of procedures for oral health restoration and long-term preventive programs. This position is crucial for the continuity of corrective and maintenance phases of an effective preventive dentistry program.

Requirements

Current California Dental Hygiene License.
Dental x-ray certificate.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Desire to participate in community-oriented preventive dentistry programs.

Responsibilities

Administer local anesthesia (Under Direct Supervision of dentist present in facility – hygienist must have evidence of satisfactory completion of a board-approved course to administer).
Administer nitrous analgesia (Under Direct Supervision of dentist present in facility – hygienist must have evidence of satisfactory completion of a board-approved course to administer).
Assess patients' teeth, bone, and periodontal tissues indicating the presence of any abnormalities or suspected diseases or conditions.
Co-diagnose with the dentist to develop appropriate periodontal treatment plans.
Bring to the immediate attention of the dentist any suspected lesion in the mouth or on the teeth.
Thoroughly remove soft and hard deposits and extrinsic stain from teeth, using hand instruments, ultrasonic cavitron inserts and prophy handpieces.
Instruct patients how to practice good oral hygiene; make recommendations as to appropriate products or devices for patients' home care; and provide other health care education, as necessary.
Perform prophylaxis in the absence of periodontal disease or gingivitis.
Perform full mouth debridement, either as a first stage gingivitis therapy or to remove interfering calculus to further enable a more accurate diagnosis and treatment plan.
Perform root planning as a periodontal therapy.
Placement and removal of periodontal packs.
Place locally administered antibiotics as supportive periodontal therapy.
Implement irrigation and desensitizing procedures or products as adjunctive to periodontal therapy.
Ability to take digital dental x-rays (intraoral and extraoral).
Apply cavity-preventive agents, such as fluorides.
Bonding for pit and fissure sealants.
Removal of temporary and permanent cement.
Make recommendations as to patients' recare interval and follow-up needs.
All other duties and responsibilities as assigned and allowed under applicable state laws and regulations.