Texas Family Dental is looking for energetic, personable hygienist who is passionate about dental hygiene and delivering excellent patient care.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Greet and escort patient from the waiting area to the hygiene operatory room in a professional, friendly and hospitable manner.
- Deliver direct patient care to patients as assigned using established dental hygiene procedures.
- Develop and implement individualized dental care plans for patients: performs patient education, discharge planning and patient/family teaching.
- Assess dental condition and needs of patient: uses patient screen procedures to include review of medical history questionnaire, dental charting and perio charting.
- Take patients' vital signs prior to the administration of anesthesia.
- Administer local anesthetic agents.
- Document dental history or chief complaint. Record and reports pertinent observations and patient reactions to dental staff as appropriate.
- Assist and implement emergency measures for sudden adverse developments during treatment of patients.
- Perform patient triage and initiates patient care as appropriate for walk-in patients in cases of emergency.
- Set up and break down of hygiene operatory rooms on the daily schedule.
- Prepare materials needed for the prescribed hygiene treatment.
- Clean calcareous deposits, accretions and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums using dental instruments.
- Remove excess cement from coronal surfaces of teeth.
- Apply fluorides and other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay.
- Feel and visually examine oral soft tissue and gums using probes to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease.
- Feel lymph nodes under patient's chin to detect swelling or tenderness that could indicate presence of oral cancer.
- Process digital images.
- Chart conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by the doctor.
- Schedule next appointment.
- Provide clinical services and health education to improve and maintain oral health.
- Assists in the patient admission, transfer and discharge process as required with patient reception, telephone calls and other office duties.
- Prepares/updates letters and follow-up reports on patients.
- Demonstrates knowledge of, supports, and implements company mission, vision, value statement, standards, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior.
- Follows proper OSHA protocols in sterilizing hygiene instruments and reports any equipment or instrument malfunctions to their supervisor.
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