Dental Hygienist Needed In LAKE OSWEGO, OR on February 21, 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.