Registered Dental Hygienist

Registered Dental Hygienist

This job exists to: Provide high quality dental care that is culturally appropriate and prevention focused. Serves as a leader contributing to the smooth, efficient, operation of the department, the site and the organization.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Clinical: Maintain own dental hygienist practice as defined by the Clinica guidelines.
• Screening and evaluating patients in regard to caries risk, periodontal pathology, medical history.
• Providing clinical services, including selecting, exposing, and processing of digital radiographs, prophylaxes, supra and sub gingival scaling and curettage, root planning, procedures involving team periodontal surgical techniques, according to Clinica's guidelines.
• Providing preventive clinical and educational services, including instruction of proper oral hygiene home care techniques, tooth brushing, flossing, nutrition, need for professiona...