Position Summary: Exceptional Dental is looking for a part time hygienist to join our team! The ideal candidate will be a positive team player who loves connecting with patients.
The anticipated schedule for this position is Fridays only.
Essential Functions:
- Welcome and seat patient cheerfully.
- Prepare and properly set up treatment rooms for hygiene procedures.
- Review and update patient’s health history, chart progress, treatments, and home care compliance.
- Clean calculus deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums, using dental instruments, including scaling and root planning for patients with periodontal disease
- Apply fluorides and other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay.
- Examine gums, using probes, to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease; communicate findings to patient and doctor.
- Selecting, mixing, and placing materials on instruments and in the patient’s mouth, as needed.
- Educate and motivate patient on proper oral hygiene and corrective/preventative measures.
- Schedule appropriate re-care appointments.
- Assist hygiene assistant in sterilization duties.
- Other duties and tasks, as assigned periodically.
Experience and Education:
- Associate's Degree from ADA accredited dental hygienist school
- Current State Licensure
- CPR Certification
- Preferred one year dental experience.
Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:
- Standing 60%
- Sitting 40%
- Moderate noise level from lab and dental equipment
- Frequent bending and twisting
- Medical lab setting
