MDRN Dental is seeking a warm, friendly, fun Dental Hygienist to join our amazing practice 1-2 days a week. We are located in the Westchase area of Houston and are a boutique style practice. Our office hours are Monday- Thursday from 8:00am- 4:00pm & one Friday a month from 8:00am- 2:00pm
What We Offer:
401K, PTO, CE courses, team building events
Job Duties Include, but are not limited to:
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 patient for dental hygiene treatment in a welcoming, personable, and soothing manner.
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.
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 safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
Dental Hygienist Qualifications / Skills:
Use of dental technology
Infection control
Health promotion and maintenance
Bedside manner
Creating a safe, effective environment
Listening
Teamwork
Thoroughness
*Self-development
