Dental Hygienist
Dental Hygienist
Location: Float between 2 clinica in Milwaukee, WI
Schedule: 4 - 10 hour day shifts
Pay: $63,716.00 - $95,574.00 yearly, based on years of experience
Job Type: Full Time
Requirements: Graduate of an accredited dental hygiene program, licensed to practice in the State of Wisconsin.
Job Summary:
Performs moderately complex dental hygienist work. Work involves cleaning, scaling, and polishing teeth and conducting educational programs for the prevention and control of dental disease. Works under general supervision with moderate latitude for initiative and independent judgment. Provide services to the clinic's patients in accordance with the general policies and standards of performance established by the clinic.
Responsibilities:
• Provide patient education on oral hygiene instruction and dental-related areas.
• Reinforce treatment plan needs for patients
• Cleans, scales, and polishes teeth.
• Exposes, processes, and evaluates developed radiographs
• Manages patient hygiene regimen
• Records oral conditions and findings in computer charts, updates tooth chart, work to be done, procedures performed, cost of procedures, and patient recommendations.
• Develop prevention programs for patients.
• Cleans hygiene room, sterilizes instruments, and prepares hygiene room for patients.
• May apply pit and fissure sealant to teeth.