Dental Hygienist

3 hours ago

Westfield, United States Westfield Smiles Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

2 Hygienists needed for every Saturday from 8AM to 1PM 

Position Summary: The Dental Hygienist is the chief preventive provider of the Practice. This team member motivates, educates, and provides excellent treatment. Under indirect supervision, the Dental Hygienist will remove hard and soft deposits from teeth and examine oral areas, head, and neck for signs of oral disease. He or she will educate patients on oral hygiene, provide preventative dental care, take and develop X-rays, or apply fluoride or sealants. By discovering and documenting areas of failure, both periodontally and restoratively, he or she facilitates the dentist’s diagnosis and treatment recommendations.

 

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.
  • Assess and evaluate patient through exam, patient records, and patient’s medical history to assist in diagnosis of dental hygiene problems, disease, and efficacy of administered treatment plans. Complete scheduled treatments.
  • Recognize early signs of periodontal disease; chart restorations and notate areas of concern.
  • Develop and present treatment plans.
  • Capture x-rays, process, download and mount for doctor to view; capable of interpreting x-rays independently.
  • Perform head and neck/oral cancer exam.
  • 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.
  • Work chair side with Dentist as needed, assist doctor in hygiene examination.
  • Schedule appropriate re-care appointments.
  • Assist hygiene assistant in sterilization duties.
  • Maintain hygiene hand pieces and instruments in good repair and sufficient supply.
  • Adhere to strict safety guidelines and procedures to OSHA and office standards.
  • Must always represent the practice in a professional, pleasant, and cooperative manner.
  • Must maintain regular, consistent and punctual attendance in accordance with assigned schedule and time off policies.
  • Must be able to comfortably and efficiently handle multiple deadlines and task assignments.
  • Must be able to work both independently and cooperatively in team settings displaying exceptional skill in time management in order to set and maintain own and subordinate procedure/task schedule.
  • Always maintain the highest level of confidentiality to HIPAA standards.
  • Must be comfortable seeing and able to maintain a professional demeanor and attitude while working around blood and smells that may be unpleasant.
  • Other duties and tasks, as assigned periodically.

 

 

Success Factors:

 

  • Participate in morning meeting, and provide information regarding new patients for the day.
  • Participate in marketing efforts, patient contact.
  • Use downtime constructively.
  • Presents in a clean, well-groomed professional manner.
  • Adheres to office policies.
  • Performs light housekeeping around office.
  • Occasionally there may be some travel, by car or plane, required in order for you to participate in continuing education or seminars.
  • Must be detail oriented in order to work efficiently in small spaces and maintain patient comfort.
  • You must be flexible and understand that your job duties may change from time to time and that you may be asked to “help out” in other areas of the office.
  • Must excel in forward thinking in order to anticipate the needs of the patient.
  • Must demonstrate active listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Must demonstrate good reading comprehension
  • Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
  • Ability to calm and reassure patients facing uncomfortable or painful procedures.
  • Ability to quickly write detailed information in a readable, legible, condensed form.

 

Experience and Education:

 

· Associate's Degree from ADA accredited dental hygienist school; Current State Licensure; CPR Certification; Preferred one year dental experience.

· Certified in anesthesia and/or Sedation, if appropriate

 

 

Company DescriptionWestfield Smiles is a multi Dentist General Dental Practice
We have a great team
Our team includes 3 doctors, 5 hygienists 4 assistants and 3 front desk team members.Company DescriptionWestfield Smiles is a multi Dentist General Dental Practice \r
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Our team includes 3 doctors, 5 hygienists 4 assistants and 3 front desk team members.

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