Dental Hygienist

Thunder Bay Community Health Service, Inc.; Cazouls-lès-Béziers; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Thunder Bay Community Health Service, Inc. is seeking a dental hygienist for full-time, part-time, or contingent roles to serve our patients in Michigan. The role focuses on oral evaluations, prophylaxis, and preventive care to maintain dental health and prevent disease.

The hygienist will perform scaling, root planning, polishing, fluoride applications, patient education, and record-keeping, while coordinating with a Dentist for complex needs. BLS and license requirements apply.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in dental hygiene and Michigan license.
• BLS certification required at hire.
• Six months to one year related experience or training.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates patient’s mouth and records vital signs.
• Performs dental prophylaxis including scaling and polishing to remove stains and calculus.
• Applies fluoride and sealants as prescribed by the Dentist.
• Notifies Dentist of periodontal disease, decay, or urgent needs.
• Instructs patients in oral hygiene and records treatment data.

Skills

Oral evaluations

Dental prophylaxis

Patient education

Vital signs

Education

Associate’s degree in dental hygiene

Tools

Dental radiography

Job description

DETAILS

Thunder Bay Community Health Service, Inc. is looking to add a full-time, part-time, or contingent dental hygienist to our team in Atlanta and Onaway.

SUMMARY

Performs oral evaluations, dental prophylaxis and other duties related to preservation of dental health and prevention of dental disease.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Oral Evaluation and Prophylaxis – 50%

• Evaluates patient’s mouth, performs and records vital signs, head and neck inspection and notifies Dentist of suspicion of periodontal disease, decay, urgent dental needs or abnormal findings.
• Performs oral prophylaxis including scaling, root planning and polishing to remove tooth stains, plaque and calculus.
• Applies fluoride and sealants as prescribed by the Dentist and/or policy and procedure.
• Removes periodontal, surgical packs and sutures.
• Instructs patients in oral hygiene and records treatment information in patient records.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Associate’s degree (A. A.) or equivalent in dental hygiene; six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Current, valid State of Michigan dental hygienist license. BLS Required at hire.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Medium