Summary

This position is a Dental Hygienist located at the White Earth Health Center (WEHC) with duty station located at the Naytahwaush Health Center, Naytahwaush, Minnesota. This position reports to the Chief Dentist or Designee.
This is an Open Continuous Announcement and applications will be referred when vacancies occur.
Frequent travel to the White Earth Service unit to complete Dental Hygiene tasks may be required.

Duties

• Examines patients' teeth and surrounding tissues, records history, plans treatments and appointments in accordance with existing conditions.
• Performs oral prophylaxis and provides therapeutic care using a variety of scalers and ultrasonic equipment; includes performing deep scaling, root planning and subgingival curettage, taking intraoral impressions for the preparation of study models, smoothing and polishing rough edges of restorations, placing temporary crowns or restorations.
• Provides dental hygiene and therapeutic instruction to patients, both individually and in groups, in the home care phase of treatment, adapting instructions, oral hygiene aids and techniques such as use of interproximal brushes, bridge threaders, and disclosing agents.
• Takes, develops and interprets intraoral and extra oral radiographs.
• Maintains patient records of treatment.