REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENIST

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• Department: Dental \| Reports to: Dental Director,Assistant Dental
  
  

Director**

Responsible for removing plaque from and polishing a patients teeth

during a routine checkup. Screening patients, reviewing a patients oral

health history and teaching appropriate brushing and flossing

techniques. Provide services based on prevention and the hygiene of the

mouth, teeth and gums. Identify and treat early signs of gum disease.

**ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF WORK**

• Professional dental care to the patient
• Works closely with the Dentist and/or Hygienist as needed
• Performs duties in the chair side, four handed dentistry area
• Contributes to the goal that patients are treated with courtesy and
  
  

respect in a professional manner by all dental staff

• Set up treatment room and seat patient
• Perform dental prophylaxes on children and adults
• Perform scaling and rood planning on children and adults
• Place dental sealants on children, as prescribed by the dentist
• Perform periodontal charting as needed
• Demonstrate and/or provide oral hygiene instructions to scheduled
  
  

patients

• Have attending dentist perform exams on all patients
• Take and develop x-rays as prescribed by the dentist
• Take impressions, as prescribed by the dentist
• Make entries in patient chart of all treatment performed and
  
  

conditions noted.

• Clean up the treatment room and set up for the next patient
• Maintain instruments for peak performance and in compliance with
  
  

OSHA standards

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Dental Program Coordinator