Dental Hygienist

Ladd Dental Group has been providing the highest quality dental care across Indiana communities for over 40 years! By taking our talent and experience, and combining it with our top-tier team of dental professionals and business support staff, we are able to deliver our patient-centric model of care to communities that would otherwise go underserved with out compromising on care quality or patient experience, all at a great value for patients.

Our core values are dedication, gratitude, community, serviant heart, compassion and integrity. If you share those values and love dentistry and serving others, we hope you will apply to this position!

Ladd Dental Group has an immediate opening for a Dental Hygienist with any level of experience at our Greentownlocation. We are seeking someone who values relationship building with patients, giving the patients and peers a great experience, and working on a team!

Work days are Tuesday
- Friday [preferred]. We offer very competitive compensation based on either an hourly rate, a percentage of collections, or a combination of both.

PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF JOB:
The Dental Hygienist implements appropriate standard of care therapy, assists a Dentist in providing hygiene, periodontal, or dental care and treatment, provides dental hygiene assessments, creates treatment plans based on the Dentist's diagnosis, and conducts oral and overall health care education and instruction to patients.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, so long as they do not impose an undue hardship upon the company.

TASKS

• Assess patients' teeth, bone, and periodontal tissues indicating the presence of any abnormalities or suspected diseases or conditions.
• Bring to the immediate attention of the dentist any suspected lesion in the mouth or on the teeth.
• Thoroughly remove soft and hard deposits and extrinsic stain from teeth, using hand instruments, ultrasonic cavitron inserts and prophy handpieces.
• Instruct patients how to practice good oral hygiene; make recommendations as to appropriate products or devices for patients' home care; and provide other health care education, as necessary.
• Perform prophylaxis in the absence of periodontal disease or gingivitis.
• Perform full mouth debridement, either as a first stage gingivitis therapy or to remove interfering calculus to further enable a more accurate diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Perform root planning as a periodontal therapy.
• Preform intraoral/extraoral x-rays.
• Make recommendations as to patients' recare interval and follow-up needs.
• All other duties and responsibilities as assigned and allowed under applicable state laws and regulations.

WORK ACTIVITIES

• Assisting and Caring for Others
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• Getting Information
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Interacting With Computers
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
• Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

POSITION TYPE & EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

This position may be either a full-time or part-time position. Days and hours of work vary based on the schedules of the Dentist and needs of the practice.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate Degree in Dental Hygiene required (Bachelor’s preferred)
• Availability to work overtime, including weekends
• Experience working with children preferred
• Basic understanding and knowledge of HIPAA privacy rules
• Current CPR certification required
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee must be able to sit for long periods of time, and is frequently is required to stand; walk;

use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Position requires adequate vision to perform job abilities including close vision, depth…