Registered Dental Hygienist
Fore Dental Care
Grass Valley, CA
Full-time
Dentistry
Posted on May 17, 2022
Full time Registered Dental Hygienist needed at Fore Dental Care. Must be gentle and treat our patients like family and embrace the latest technology. Busy office with general dentistry, sleep apnea, orthodontics, TMJ and facial pain. CEREC, lasers. cone beam technology. Laser certificate and Dentrix experience a definite plus! Come help us grow! Show us how great you are! We would love to add you to our amazing team. Competitive compensation. Benefits include bonus program, paid holidays, matching retirement contributions, up to 3 weeks paid time off, medical and of course dental benefits.
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.