Heartland Dental Mount Juliet , TN 37122
Posted 5 months ago
Dental Hygienist General Dental Hygienist
An Exciting Job Opportunity as a Dental Hygienist
If you're searching for a rewarding career as a Dental Hygienist, look no further. A Heartland Dental supported office is looking for a motivated, goal-orientated individual to help provide the most efficient dental care for our community as possible as a Dental Hygienist. At Heartland Dental supported offices, optimal dentistry and patient care is of utmost importance, so join our team today!
Hours:
Wednesday: 06:45 - 5:00
Thursday: 08:45 - 7:00
As a Dental Hygienist, you will clean teeth and examine patient oral areas, head and neck for signs of oral disease. You will also record and review patient medical histories.
Additional responsibilities and requirements of the Dental Hygienist include:
Cleaning calcareous deposits, accretions and stains from teeth and beneath gum margins with dental instruments
Charting conditions of dental decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by the dentist
Maintaining and sterilizing dental equipment
Applying fluorides and other cavity preventing agents to prevent dental decay
Requirements:
Ability to prepare dental equipment and instruments
Excellent working knowledge of overall dentistry and dental hygiene procedures, dental patient screening and medical history documentation
Ability to travel at minimum one time per quarter for training; potentially out of state
Dentrix computer experience a plus
Experience using Vizilite, Velscope and/or Diagnodent a plus
Experience using electronic medical records a plus
Leadership skills
Education:
Valid Dental Hygienist license in the state for which you apply
Minimum of an Associate's degree in Dental Hygiene, Bachelor's degree a plus
CPR Certification
Heartland Dental provides all employees and applicants for employment the protections of federal, state, and local laws affording equal opportunity in employment.
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