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Job Description
Job Description
SPECIALTY : Registered Dental Hygienist - RDH
LOCATION : Cheyenne, WY
JOB TYPE : Full-Time or Part-Time
PAY RATE : $50-$55 / hour
Job Description :
We are seeking a highly skilled Dental Hygienist who would like to work with a team-oriented practice that focuses on building long lasting relationships with our patients. The RDH 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.
Job Benefits :
Full Time or Flexible Part Time Opportunity
Work / Life Balance No weekend work!
Flexible schedules
Paid training with follow-up support by hygienist helping hygienist.
Beautiful, modern, and state-of-the-art equipment, fully digital practices, that include scanners and intra-oral cameras.
Comprehensive Health Package that includes :
Medical
Dental
Vision
401K with company match
Free CEs and Hygiene Study Club opportunities
Health Saving Account
Flexible Spending Account
Long-term disability
Short-term disability
Life insurance
Accident coverage
Loyalty rewarded through work-life balance.
PTO (Paid Personal Time Off)
Paid Holidays
CPR recertification
Responsibilities :
Completes dental prophylaxis by cleaning deposits and stains from teeth and from beneath gum margins.
Detects disease by completing oral cancer screening; feeling and visually examining gums; using probes to locate periodontal disease and to assess levels of recession; exposing and developing radiographic studies.
Arrests dental decay by applying fluorides and other cavity- preventing agents.
Helps dentist manage dental and medical emergencies by maintaining CPR certification, emergency drugs and oxygen supply, and directory of emergency numbers.
Educates patients by giving oral hygiene and plaque control instructions and postoperative instructions, providing reminders of time of next dental hygiene visit.
Documents dental hygiene services by recording vital signs and medical and dental histories; charting in patient records.
Ensures operation of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
Maintains dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
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