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Registered Dental Hygienist
Job Description – Registered Dental Hygienist
Asante Dental Centre strives to provide exceptional patient care by providing a comfortable and relaxing dental environment with a friendly dental team supported by high-technology products to help improve patient experiences and provide an enhanced standard of dental care.
As an RDH at Asante Dental Centre, your duties will include:
- Managing patients from check-in to check-out
- Reviewing and updating health history with patients, taking blood pressure measurements as required, and documenting patient concerns for the doctor to review
- Explaining procedures that will be done and answering any questions that the patient may have regarding oral hygiene
- Showing before and after photos and patient education videos as required
- Being familiar with and able to explain services to patients, e.g., Digital x-rays, intraoral camera, VELscope, Invisalign, bleaching, etc
- Independently performing clinical procedures, including:
- Taking and mounting digital intraoral and panoramic x-rays accurately
- Providing scaling, root planing, and other treatments within the scope of training.
- Provide anaesthesia as needed for hygiene treatments.
- Providing each patient with periodontal evaluation and customized home care instruction
- Polishing and fluoride treatments
- Intraoral scanning
- Completing documentation of current day’s treatment including Akitu One Charting
- Chair side booking of patients for subsequent hygiene visits
- Complete responsibility for the tear down and set up of treatment rooms before and after every patient, including disinfection of non-sterilizable products or surfaces in the rooms.
- Handling all sterilization procedures, including the use of barriers as needed
- Providing patients with pamphlets and discussing dental treatment
- Asking patients for referrals and thanking them for choosing our office
- Making sure that the treatment rooms are clean and everything is put away before leaving for the evening
- Being able to work independently as a team member with limited direction and supervision
- Managing hygiene supplies and asking CDA to order as needed
- PROVIDING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE
