Dental Hygienist; RDH

Dental Hygienist (RDH)

Clear Choice Dental Implant Centers are a national network of dental implant centers founded in 2005 to provide innovative dental implant care to patients across the United States. Driven by a collective desire to improve the lives of prospective patients, Clear Choice helps people reclaim their health, smile, and confidence. Beyond restoring teeth, this is about people getting their lives back.

• Promotes dental health by completing dental prophylaxis; providing oral cancer screening and radiographic studies; charting conditions of decay and disease; performing procedures in compliance with the dental practice act.

• Work in partnership with the doctor to capture prosthodontic exam information to be used for implant treatment planning.
• Work in partnership with our Sales Consultants to ensure that world‑class patient care is delivered and revenue targets are achieved.
• Prepares treatment room for patient by adhering to prescribed procedures and protocols.
• Prepares patient for dental hygiene treatment by welcoming, soothing, seating, and draping patient.
• Provides information to patients and employees by answering questions and requests.
• Maintains instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by sharpening, sterilizing, and selecting instruments.
• Selects materials and equipment for dental hygiene visit by evaluating patient's oral health.
• Completes dental prophylaxis by cleaning deposits and stainspela from teeth, from beneath gum margins, around abutments and restorations of implant crowns/bridges and around abutments and beneath full‑arch fixed implant restorations.
• Detects disease by completing oral cancer screening; feeling and visually examining gingiva and oral/peri‑implant mucosa using probes to locate periodontal and peri‑implant disease; assesses levels of recession; takes digital radiographs.
• Cleaning and polishing removable appliances.
• Educates patients by giving oral hygiene and plaque‑control instructions and postoperative instructions; providing reminders of time of next dental hygiene visit.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection‑control policies and protocols.
• Conserves dental resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

• At least 1 year of experience as a hygienist.
• Dental implant experience strongly desired, particularly with fixed full‑arch prostheses.
• Commitment to providing world‑class patient experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Professional appearance.
• Use of Dental Technology, Dental Health Maintenance, Infection Control, Health Promotion and Maintenance.
• Creating a Safe, Effective Environment.
• Listening, Teamwork, Thoroughness, Self‑Development.

• Base salary $53–$57 per hour.
• Sign‑on bonus $3,000.

Entry level

Full‑time

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care