The primary purpose of this position is to perform professional dental care in the field of dental hygiene as outlined by the Ohio State Dental Board permissible duties.
Requirements
- Polishing of the clinical crown(s) of teeth, including restorations
- Removal of calcareous deposits of accretions from the crowns and roots of teeth
- Sulcular placement of prescribed materials
- Bleaching teeth under direct supervision (excluding procedures that utilize Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER) Technologies)
- Placement of sealants
- Aspiration and retraction, excluding placement of gingival retraction materials
- Intra-oral instrument transfer
- Preliminary charting of missing and filled teeth
- Elastimeric impressions for diagnostic models and models to be used for opposing models in the construction of appliances and restorations
- Taking impressions for the construction of custom athletic mouth protectors/mouth guards
- Application of disclosing solutions
- Caries susceptibility testing
- Taking impressions for the construction of trays for application of medicaments
- Peridontal scaling, root planning and soft tissue curettage, definitive subgingival curettage, definitive root planning
- Shade selection for fabrication of appliances or restorations
- Application of topical anesthetics
- Pulp testing
- Fluoride application, limited to liquid or gel applications
- Topical applications of desensitizing agents to teeth
- Application of periodontal dressings (packs)
- Removal of periodontal dressings (packs)
- Suture removal
- Placement of rubber dam over pre-placed clamp, and removal of clamp and rubber dam
- Application of cavity varnish
- Placement of surgical dressings
- Removal of surgical dressings
- Intra-oral bite registrations for diagnostic model articulation
- Intra-oral bite registrations for restorations
- Intra-oral bite registrations for appliances
- Standard, diagnostic, radiologic procedures contributing to the provision of dental services
- All supportive services necessary to the maintenance of a hygienic practice environment, including, but not limited to, all sterilizing procedures
- Other post-operative and post-insertion instructions, as deemed appropriate by supervising dentist
- Preparation of materials, drugs and medications for use in palliative dental procedures
- Preparation of materials, drugs and medications for use in impression dental procedures
- Preparation of materials, drugs and medications for use in restorative dental procedures
- Polymerization of light-activated restorative or bonding materials
- Assistance during administration of life-support activities, and any other non-invasive procedures deemed necessary by the supervising dentist to maintain the health and safety of the patient
- All non-invasive support services and procedures necessary to the gathering and maintaining of accurate and complete medical and dental history of the patient, including, but not limited to: Taking photographs
- Recording patient treatment
- Measurement of blood pressure and body temperature
- Other common tests deemed necessary by supervising dentist
- All patient education services, including, but not limited to: Progress reports
- Oral hygiene instructions
- Use of intra-oral hygiene devices
- Self adjustment of orthodontic appliances
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Plan
