Dental Hygienist

Apex Medical Center is seeking a qualified and licensed Dental Hygienist to join out Medical Team. You’ll educate and motive patients in the care of their teeth and gum. Provide treatments to prevent oral problems and offer oral hygiene and dietary advice.

Responsibilities

• Provide dental advice on dental hygiene care and oral health education to patients of all ages
• Work closely with the dental team to treat and help patients in preventing gum disease
• Use a range of dental instruments to clean, polish and scale teeth
• Apply treatments to reduce decay
• Ensure that dental instruments are sterilised appropriately
• Take impressions and radiographs (x-rays) of teeth
• Give local anaesthetic
• Apply fissure sealants to protect teeth
• Apply temporary dressings to protect a broken tooth or replace a lost filling
• Encourage and demonstrate tooth brushing and cleaning in-between teeth
• Sterilise dental equipment
• Show care and compassion for patients and put them at the centre of care
• Collect medical and dental histories and maintain patients' health records
• Work to a professional code of ethics and keep up to date with new developments within the profession.
• Collecting medical and dental histories from patients
• Charting dental conditions based on observations and evaluations