What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dental Hygienist position at Dental Care Associates of Buffalo?
Dental care Associates of Buffalo is looking for a full or part-time dental hygienist. We are a multi doctor general practice, serving patients throughout Wright county. We offer PTO holiday pay, health insurance for full-time employees, daily commissions, along with a 401(k) profit sharing plan
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Using dental instruments to clean accretions, calcareous deposits, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums.
- Looking for indications of oral cancer by feeling lymph nodes under patient chins for signs of tenderness or swelling.
- Noting and reviewing patient medical history.
- Using probes to examine and locate periodontal recessed gums and other signs of gum disease.
- Recording dental decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentists.
- Maintaining dental equipment and x-ray machine.
- Feeling and visually examining gums for signs of disease, sores, and other dental health issues.
- Exposing and developing x-ray film.
- Sharpening and sterilizing dental instruments.
- Promoting preventative dental care to improve patient oral health care.
- Applying fluorides and other dental decay prevention agents.
- Working with dentists and dental assistants.
- Maintaining a dental hygiene program for patients.
If you are an experienced or a new dental hygienist, please send us a résumé to ronbroker@aol.com.
Salary : $40,000