dental hygienist needed in LAKE OSWEGO, OR starting March 31, 2025

¡         Dental Hygienist Job Responsibilities:

¡         Promotes dental health by completing dental prophylaxis, providing oral cancer screening and radiographic studies, charting conditions of decay and disease, and performing procedures in compliance with the Dental Practice Act.

¡         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 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 and exposing and developing radiographic studies.

¡         Arrests dental decay by applying fluorides and other cavity- preventing agents.

¡         Maintains patient appearance and ability to masticate by fabricating temporary restorations, cleaning, and polishing removable appliances.

¡         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 and providing reminders of time of next dental hygiene visit.

¡         Documents dental hygiene services by recording vital signs and medical and dental histories and charting in patient records.

¡         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.

¡         Ensures operation of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements, following manufacturer’s instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, and calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and 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, and verifying receipt of supplies.

¡         Conserves dental resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.