Dental Hygienist
Core
Provide comprehensive hygiene care, including assessments, periodontal care, implant maintenance, and orthodontic hygiene, while collaborating with senior clinicians on complex cases.
Role type
Clinical dental hygienist
Builds
Patient hygiene care and preventative dental health outcomes
Domain
Healthcare / Dentistry
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Periodontal care, implant maintenance, orthodontic hygiene, patient assessments, charting, impression taking, fissure sealing, patient education
Preferred skills
Orthodontics experience, paediatrics experience, department development, protocol creation
Technologies
Piezo ultrasonic scalers, Cavitron ultrasonic scalers, AirFlow, digital scanning
Responsibilities
Conduct thorough hygiene examinations and charting, tailor appointment intervals, assist with scans and pre-op/post-op photographs, deliver specialised care including periodontal and implant maintenance, perform additional procedures like silver fluoride application and fissure seals, collaborate on complex cases
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC