Dental Hygienist Job Description
Dental hygienist
provides preventative dental hygiene services for school-aged children with reasonable proficiency, such as dental sealants, dental prophylaxis, fluoride treatments, and provide age appropriate oral hygiene instruction and dietary instruction.
Dental Hygienist Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective dental hygienist job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included dental hygienist job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Remove calcareous deposits, accretions and stains
Apply topical agents
Place and exposed x-ray films
Polish teeth
Take medical history and vital signs
Chart caries and periodontal conditions
Apply pit and fissure sealants and desensitizing agents to the teeth
Removing calcareous deposits, accretions and stains
Applying topical agents
Placing and exposing x-ray films
Dental Hygienist Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Dental Hygienist
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, BLS, ACLS, DDS, CRP, NY
Education for Dental Hygienist
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the dental hygienist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Dental Hygiene, Education, Department of Education, Associates, Applied Science, Health Care, Patient Care, Communication, Communications, Graduate
Skills for Dental Hygienist
Desired skills for dental hygienist include:
Dental patient screening and medical history documentation
Overall dentistry and dental hygiene procedures
Sterilization and infection control equipment
Dental terminology
Human behavior and performance
Principles and processes for providing customer and personal services
Dental terminology and equipment
Diseases
Equipment and procedures used in dental prophylactic treatments
Information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat injuries
Desired experience for dental hygienist includes:
Polishing teeth
Taking medical history and vital signs
Charting caries and periodontal conditions
Applying pit and fissure sealants and desensitizing agents to the teeth
Place and expose x-ray films
Applies topical agents
Dental Hygienist Examples
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Dental Hygienist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a dental hygienist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for dental hygienist
- Polishes teeth
- Takes medical history and vital signs
- Charts caries and periodontal conditions
- Applies pit and fissure sealants and desensitizing agents to the teeth
- Assists in the maintenance of all department areas in compliance with QuadMed directive and policies clinic policies and procedures relative to infection control, exposure control and safety issues
- Through the delivery of periodontal therapies and other hygiene-related services, Dental Hygienists are committed to improving the oral health of patients
- Application of fluoride and protective sealants
- Patient screening procedures
- The monitoring and coordination of patient care provided in the Periodontology Graduate dental clinic so as to assure efficient delivery of high quality patient-centered-care
- Participate in the delivery, development and continuous improvement of the periodontology clinic program
Qualifications for dental hygienist
- Experience using Vizilite, Velscope and/or Diagnodent a plus
- Experience using electronic medical records a plus
- 4 days a week with Thursday off
- Graduation from an accredited dental hygiene program with a minimum of an associate's degree in applied science
- 1+ years experience as a Dental Hygienist
- Must be x-ray licensed in Indiana
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Dental Hygienist Job Description
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Our company is looking for a dental hygienist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for dental hygienist
- Maintain equipment and supplies as directed by the clinic coordinator
- Page, greet and seat patient
- Place topical anesthetics, rubber dam
- Teach hygiene students from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine
- A variety of patient screening procedures
- Removing calculus and plaque from all surfaces of the teeth
- Applying preventive materials to the teeth
- Responsible for exposing, processing, mounting, intraoral and panoramic dental radiographic x-rays, maintaining dental records of patients, providing preventive care, including sealants and fluoride treatments nutritional counseling
- Responsible for sterilization and disinfection of dental instruments
- Sets up hygiene trays for dental hygiene procedures
Qualifications for dental hygienist
- Local Anesthesia and Nitrous required
- Recent grads who hold a Hygiene license are encouraged to apply
- Local Anesthesia License is a must
- Must have a hygiene license for the state of NY
- Must have x-ray and local anesthesia license
- Perio experience is a plus
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Dental Hygienist Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of dental hygienist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for dental hygienist
- Removes sutures and dressings
- Places and removes rubber dams, matrices, and temporary restorations
- Places, carves, and finishes amalgam restorations
- Provides clinical services and health education to improve and maintain oral health
- Cleans and polishes a patient’s teeth- removes plaque deposits and stains
- Apply medication for the prevention of tooth decay
- Make model impressions of teeth for study
- Obtain medical and dental histories and record information in the dental record
- Provide instruction for patient self-care, diet and nutrition
- Placement of sealant or cavity preventative agents such as fluorides
Qualifications for dental hygienist
- X-Ray Certification in the state of Florida preferred
- Local Anesthesua license is a must
- Or come by and pick up an application today!
- X-ray is required
- X-ray is a must
- Local Anesthesia is a must
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Dental Hygienist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of dental hygienist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for dental hygienist
- Exposes and processes X rays
- Educates patient in oral hygiene, including dietary analysis
- Administers nitrous oxide oxygen analgesia
- Places cement base
- Adjusts occlusion following removal of rubber dam
- Responsible for sterilization procedures of equipment for patients in the clinic
- Participates in education of dental residents and dental hygiene students when applicable
- Performs efficient treatment and stays on time for appointments
- Actively researches and understands medical conditions of patients as we see many medically compromised patients
- Schedule recall appointments
Qualifications for dental hygienist
- X-Ray license is preferred
- X-Ray Certified is required
- Local Anesthesia license
- X-ray license and Hygiene license is a must
- Hands on experience as a Hygienist, preferred
- The ability to develop a working knowledge of University Health Partners—Dental Services organization and services, the basic rules governing visitors and patient treatments, and standard procedures, clinical records, and clinical terminology of the unit
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Dental Hygienist Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of dental hygienist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for dental hygienist
- Assist in the clinic and hospital OR including proper room set up, chair assistance and clean up according to hospital and clinic standards
- Documents dental history or chief complaint
- Follows through with oral hygiene procedures in accordance with treatment plans prescribed by the attending Dentist
- You are committed to improving the oral health of patients
- You are enthusiastic about their dental work, and willing to deliver the highest level of care at all times
- Under limited supervision, you provide oral hygiene dental treatment and oral hygiene care and education in accordance with guidelines approved, issued, and regulated by the state in which you work
- Provide nutritional counseling, and self-care programs to prevent disease
- Placement of temporary fillings and periodontal dressings
- Smoothing and polishing silver amalgam restorations
- Works well with the Hospital Sterilization department in maintaining the flow of instruments between departments
Qualifications for dental hygienist
- Excellent communication and patient interaction skills.The ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with co-workers in a team-oriented environment
- Excellent communication and patient interaction skills.The ability to represent University Health Partners-Dental Services and its programs to others in a professional and courteous manner
- Local Anesthesia certification is preferred
- X-ray licensed is preferred
- Must have local anesthesia license
- Local Anesthesia certified is required