Registered Dental Hygienist
Listed on 2025-12-31
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Dental / Dentistry
Dentistry / General Dentist, Dental Hygiene
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Dentistry with a work-life balance
Make a difference while doing what you love
Dentistry with a work-life balance
Make a difference while doing what you love
If you’re looking for a career opportunity at a competitive salary while helping kids in need, let’s talk.
Michigan Dental Outreach , a school-based mobile dental practice, is seeking a Registered Dental Hygienist in Detroit, MI and surrounding areas to help provide dental care to underserved children at their school.
Our innovative in school dental program offers something different than a traditional dental practice. With a workday that ends with the school day and no nights or weekends, our program is perfect for people looking for a diverse and different working environment, working parents and anyone who wants to make a difference in the dental field.
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Registered Dental Hygienist Qualifications
- Licensed RDH in the state of Michigan
- Working experience with Sealants and Polishing
- Organized. Reliable. Ability to multi-task.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Applications
- CPR certification card
- Min. of 1 year working experience as a Dental Hygienist
- Digital X-ray Imaging experience
- Must have Valid driver license and a willingness to travel to schools in neighboring counties
- Works well with children
- Team player and able to work on a small team
- Assist with oral health management of all patients
- Verify the identity of patient using name and date of birth prior to administering treatment
- Review medical history and other pertinent oral health information
- Obtain oral health assessment of each patient
- Provide oral hygiene services including dental prophylaxis scaling, sealant application and fluoride application consistent with accepted best practices and standards
- Provide dental assistance as directed by the dentist
- Provide oral health education and individual counseling to each patient according to known oral health care practices (e.g. tooth brushing, flossing)
- Document provided dental services on the patient’s chart
- Daily travel to and from school sites
- Be a team player at all times
- Evenings, weekends and summers off!
- Working a school day schedule (about 6 – 7 hours); on average between 8:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
- Benefit package (health, dental, vision)
- Unique work experience and flexible scheduling
- Full and part time positions
- Competitive compensation
- State-of-the-art portable dental equipment
- Latest technology & digital radiography
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Who We Are
Smile Programs is the nation's leading in-school dental program founded almost two decades ago by two moms, who happen to also be dentists. The founders saw a tremendous need among underserved school aged children who did not have easy access to dental care and who often suffered from poor oral hygiene, tooth decay, pain and associated medical problems. Knowing that many parents could not take their children to the dentist due to issues including time off from work and transportation challenges, they sought to bring the care to the need.
Today, through its dental partners, Smile Programs provides preventative and restorative care to approximately 500,000 children per year.
Tooth decay is the most common, and preventable disease among children, more common than asthma. In fact, each year, over 51 million school hours are lost due to oral health related issues.
Smile Programs affiliates with state licensed dentists, hygienists and assistants who use state-of-the-art portable equipment to provide all services onsite, directly in the school or in a self-contained mobile dental facility on site at the school. If…
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