Position Summary: Affordable Smiles 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.
Approximately 3 days per week.
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
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $40.
00 - $50.
00 per hour
Expected hours: 15 – 25 per week
Benefits:
* 401(k)
* 401(k) matching
* Employee discount
* Flexible schedule
Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
Work Location: Multiple locations
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