Dental Hygienist - Choose your own shift

Job Description

Job Description

DENTAL HYGIENIST

Location: Harrisburg, PA

Client: GOTU

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DENTAL HYGIENIST JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes dental health by completing dental prophylaxis, providing oral cancer screening and radiographic studies, charting conditions of decay and disease, and performing procedures in compliance with the Dental Practice Act.
• Prepares patients for dental hygiene treatment by welcoming, seating, and draping patients.
• Provides information to patients and employees by answering questions and requests.
• Maintains instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by sharpening, sterilizing, and selecting instruments.
• Selects materials and equipment for dental hygiene visits by evaluating patients' oral health.
• Completes dental prophylaxis by cleaning deposits and stains from teeth and from beneath gum margins.
• Detects disease by completing oral cancer screening, feeling and visually examining gums, using probes to locate periodontal disease and to assess levels of recession, and exposing and developing radiographic studies.
• Arrests dental decay by applying fluorides and other cavity-preventing agents.

DENTAL HYGIENIST JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Active dental hygiene license in PA.
• Knowledge of dental procedures and terminology
• Understanding of HIPAA regulations and ability to maintain patient confidentiality
• Excellent communication skills to educate patients on oral health care practic