at Central Maine Dental PC dba Androscoggin Dental Gr in Lewiston, Maine, United States
Job Description
Registered Dental Hygienist - Lewiston, ME
Our Dental Hygienists Enjoy:
- Sign-on bonus package of $2,000 for Full-Time*
- Competitive compensation of $45.00-$51.00 hourly
- Monthly hygiene bonus for added earning potential (average $5-$8+ per hour)
- 401(k) with 4 % company contribution
- Health insurance, dental, accident, life, disability and vision insurances, CE opportunities, practice outings/celebrations, and more!
- Fluidity in scheduling
- Full-time schedule 4 days/week - Monday - Thursday (Tuesday-Friday option in the future)
- Part-time (2-3 days/week) flexible!
Core Focus:
Best in Care for Oral Health
Our Niche:
We strengthen and improve the connection between our patients’ smiles and their overall health & well-being.
Core Values:
· Compassion
· Excellence
· Integrity
· Teamwork
· ‘17 over 47’- It takes 17 muscles to smile and 47 to frown.
We choose to smile at work, and we aspire to generate smiles on our patients each day. We hope that the smiles also result in a strong work-life balance – when we smile at work, we hopefully smile after work too!
Competitive compensation, benefits package, and hygiene production bonus program!
*Sign-on bonus paid out in two parts; first upon hire date/first payroll; second after 90 days
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Performs all hygiene functions according to policies.
- Accurately document patient’s health profile and review every visit, including allergies, current medications, surgeries and new medical conditions.
- Document patient’s chief complaint or concern, relay information to the dentist and record how it is to be addressed.
- Record in patient’s chart all existing dental restoration.
- Expose and process necessary radiographs prescribed by the dentist including FMX, PAN BWX, utilizing either digital or film technologies.
- Use intraoral camera to document the condition of existing teeth, existing dental restorations, the appearance and signs of current soft tissue health or presence of disease, and lesions or areas of concern.
- Update photos as dental treatment is completed.
- Record in patient’s chart the dentist’s comprehensive treatment plan to address dental disease of both the soft and hard tissues, and record sequence and priority of treatment plan.
- Perform adult or child prophylaxis on healthy patients
- Apply fluoride varnish when indicated on children or adult patient.
- Apply sealants when indicated, and document in clinical chart.
- Perform periodontal scaling a root planning prescribed by the dentist on patients diagnosed with periodontal disease.
- Apply chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of periodontal disease when prescribed by dentist.
- Provide patient education so patient understands the level of oral health existing in his/her mouth and address how to improve or continue to maintain the patient’s best possible oral health, and document in clinical notes.
- Perform charting duties with accuracy and speed utilizing auxiliary personnel when available.
- Maintain minimum CE credit hours, CPR and radiology certificate.
- Accepts, understands and follows office policies and procedures.
BASIC QUALIFICIATIONS:
- Graduate of accredited or certified dental hygiene program
- State of ME issued Hygiene License
- CPR certification
- State of ME issued Radiology Certificate
