Dental Hygienist

4 weeks ago

Killeen, Texas, United States Coast Dental and Orthodontics Full time
Job Purpose

As a Registered Dental Hygienist at Coast Dental and Orthodontics, you will be responsible for providing high-quality dental hygiene services to our patients. This includes assessing patients' teeth, bone, and periodontal tissues, creating treatment plans based on a dentist's diagnosis, and providing oral and overall health care education and instruction to patients.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Conduct thorough assessments of patients' teeth, bone, and periodontal tissues to identify any abnormalities or suspected diseases or conditions.
  • Create personalized treatment plans based on a dentist's diagnosis to ensure optimal patient care.
  • Work closely with the dentist to provide hygiene, periodontal, or dental care and treatment to patients.
  • Provide dental hygiene assessments, create treatment plans, and implement standard of care therapy to patients.
  • Instruct patients on good oral hygiene practices and recommend appropriate products or devices for their home care.
  • Perform prophylaxis, full mouth debridement, scaling and root planing, and other periodontal therapies as necessary.
  • Place locally administered antibiotics and implement irrigation and desensitizing procedures or products as adjunctive to periodontal therapy.
  • Position and expose dental and carpal radiographic film and sensors.
  • Perform in-office whitening procedures and apply cavity-preventive agents, such as fluorides and pit and fissure sealants.
  • Make recommendations for patients' re-care interval and follow-up needs.
  • Perform all other duties and responsibilities as assigned and allowed under applicable Texas state laws and regulations.

Qualifications

  • Must be licensed and in good standing with the state of Texas.
  • Associates or Bachelor's degree in dental hygiene.
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate.
  • Must be willing to partner with the dentist and work well as a member of the total dental team.

Working Conditions
An RDH works in clean, well-lit offices. Important health safeguards include strict adherence to proper radiological procedures, infection control protocols, and the use of appropriate personal protective equipment when administering anesthetic gas, handling or using cleaning chemicals, or working in the dental laboratory. An RDH must also wear appropriate personal protective equipment including, at minimum, safety glasses, surgical masks, full arm length gowns/lab coats, and gloves to protect themselves and patients from infectious diseases during all patient care and when handling contaminated instruments or equipment. Open-toe shoes are forbidden, long hair must be pulled back, and fingernails must be kept short and tidy.

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