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Registered Dental Hygienist

GoTu, San Jose, California, United States, 95199

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Pay Range: $70.00 - $80.00/hour Location: Hollywood, CA

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 patients for dental hygiene treatment by welcoming, seating, and draping patients.

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 visits by evaluating patients' 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.

Dental Hygienist Job Requirements

Active registered dental hygienist license in CA

Knowledge of dental procedures and terminologyUnderstanding of HIPAA regulations and ability to maintain patient confidentiality

Excellent communication skills to educate patients on oral health care practice

All employees will receive a paycheck every Friday for hours worked between Monday and Sunday of the preceding week.

It is the policy of GoTu not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.

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