Dental Hygienist

Duties

Performs specialized dental hygiene procedures on patients with or without topical/local anesthetics.

Performs various advanced and specialized oral prophylactic and preventive dental hygiene procedures on patients to include, ambulatory and non-ambulatory, medically, mentally, physically compromised, and dental phobic patients.

Carries out dental hygiene treatment according to patient needs coordinating independently with medical/dental personnel as necessary.

Administers topical anesthetics and/or local anesthesia and performs deep subgingival scaling, root planning, and subgingival curettage procedures.

Polishes teeth and applies topical fluoride for hypersensitivity and caries prevention.

Performs various expanded function duties to include: taking intraoral impressions for construction of mouth guards or study models.