Summary of Purpose

Duties and Responsibilities of OCC DHY Supervising Dentist
General Responsibility: To oversee and supervise dental hygiene students during their daily clinical activities when interacting with their patients and providing treatment.
Starting Hourly Rate: $46.77/hour
3 - 5 Years at OCC: $53.43/hour
5 Years at OCC: $60.12/hour

Typical Duties

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversees students and examine hygiene patients for clinical signs and symptoms of oral pathology, dental caries, periodontal disease, providing a dental diagnosis.
• Provide guidance to dental hygiene students when treating patients with compromising medical conditions and special needs patients.
• Approves and orders dental radiographs, approves re-takes when necessary.
• Diagnoses dental conditions and suggests appropriate referrals.
• Provide American Academy of Periodontology periodontal classification to each patient treated in the dental clinic.
• Recommend medical/dental referrals to the appropriate health-care provider.
• Providing individual recommendations for students about patient management
• Provides objective instruction to dental hygiene students and provide information about private practice.
• Instruct and grade each individual student on their ability to detect and record clinical findings and on their ability to perform the following procedures:
  • Application of dental sealants
  • Diagnostic study models
  • Radiographic Surveys
  • Intra-Oral Imaging
  • Complete Mouth Chartings
  • Periodontal Chartings
  • Fabrication/Delivery of bleaching trays
  • Pouring and trimming study models / bleaching trays
  • Radiographic interpretation
  • Use of nitrous-oxide sedation
  • Use of local anesthesia
• Provide local anesthesia to patients as needed.
• Prescribe necessary prescription medications determined by evaluation.
• Follow policies and procedures of the dental hygiene clinic, assist with running of the dental hygiene clinic, and completing assigned assignments and duties requested by the Clinical Coordinators/Program Coordinator
• Complete Daily assessment and grading of the dental hygiene students assigned to you for clinic session.
• Attend regularly scheduled faculty meetings, and participate in faculty in-service training.
• General and Department administrative duties as determined by the Dental Hygiene Program Coordinators and Clinical Coordinators.
• Provide dental hygiene students with clinical remediation and tutoring if needed.
• Ability to teach and communicate with students of varied multicultural backgrounds.
• Role Model Professional Ethics and Standards.

Minimum Education and Experience

Required Education: Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD).
Required Work Experience: Recent clinical experience.
Required Licenses and Certifications:

• Maintain a current State of Michigan dental license and malpractice insurance
• Must have a Michigan Board of Pharmacy Controlled Substance license
• Must have a current CPR Healthcare Provider Certification