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Swope Health
Kansas City, Missouri

Dental Hygienist - Multiple Locations

Dental HygienistFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

As a Dental Hygienist for the Swope Health, you will provide care for the people in our community that need it the most. The Dental Hygienist assists in oral health education and performing clinical operations in the prevention of oral disease. The Dental Hygienist aids our patients in attaining and maintaining optimum oral health. If you have a passion for improving the quality of life for others. This is the role for you.

Primary Functions

  • Performs routine dental procedures such as scaling of teeth, including subgingival regions and root planning with hand and ultrasonic instruments, polishing of all exposed tooth surfaces with motor driven and hand instruments in the oral prophylaxis procedure.
  • Instructs patients and others in preventive dental health practices, provides nutrition counseling and diet analysis for patients.
  • Evaluates and makes available effective dental health educational material to interested groups, patients and other staff.
  • Must complete Patient Safety Training curriculum.

Successful Candidates will have:

  • Graduation from an accredited school or program in dental hygiene.
  • State license to practice dental hygiene in Missouri and Kansas
  • One year experience in private practice or clinical setting preferred.

About Swope Health Services

Each year, Swope Health serves over 45,000 patients, encompassing more than 200,000 visits in four counties on both sides of the state line. Our team members are proud of the work we do and the promise we've made – delivering coordinated care that values the needs of the whole person and championing better health in our community.

Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community. As part of our promise to battle health inequities and provide high-quality, comprehensive care, we make care visible.

That means we proudly deliver our promise through every action, every day.

Swope Health Services Supports Its Team Members With

  • Medical benefits (including a Health Savings Account option), dental and vision
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Eight annual company-paid holidays; One annual paid personal day

About Swope Health

Swope Health, the Kansas City region’s largest Federally Qualified Health Center, has provided comprehensive primary care, dental care and mental health services in the Greater Kansas City area for more than 56 years. Recognized as a patient-centered medical home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, our commitment to an integrated model of healthcare aligns with our mission to improve community health and wellness through accessible, quality, comprehensive patient care.

Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and The Joint Commission, we served nearly 56,000 patients in 2025 at 24 locations throughout the area, including Kansas City, Belton, Independence, North Kansas City, Hickman Mills, and Wyandotte and Leavenworth Counties in Kansas. Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community.

As a Swope Health Associate you will be expected to help deliver on the Swope Health Promise of “We Make Care Visible”.

You will do this by V.I.S.I.B.L.E

1. Valuing every person

2. Impacting communities

3. Serving with professionalism

4. Inspiring Innovation

5. Believing that healthcare is a basic human right

6. Leading with accountability and praise

7. Empowering Excellence

Swope Health is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Key Responsibilities

The Dental Hygienist performs routine dental procedures such as scaling, root planning, and polishing to prevent oral disease. They also provide oral health education, nutrition counseling, and diet analysis to patients.

Requirements

Candidates must have graduated from an accredited dental hygiene program and hold a state license to practice in Missouri and Kansas. One year of experience in a private practice or clinical setting is preferred.

Dental Hygiene Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

How does Swope Health compare as an employer?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedDental Hygienist median $90k (middle half $81k–$109k)54 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dental Hygiene listings in Missouri28 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All dental hygienist listings in Missouri142 active5,913 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMissouri healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 18% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 3% offer loan repayment142 active listings, Nov 2026
New Dental Hygiene listings809 in the last 30 days436 the 30 days before (+86%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Missouri figures use all dental hygienists: too few Missouri Dental Hygiene postings state pay.

Top Dental Hygienist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

37 jobs · 27 employers
10
<$100k
12
$100k-115k
5
$115k-130k
6
$130k-145k
4
$145k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

34 jobs · 27 employers
401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
47%
Sign-on bonus
38%
Loan repayment
6%
PSLF eligible
3%

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$68-$72/hr
#2

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Platinum Dental Services · Colorado Springs, Colorado

$60-$70/hr
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$70+/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Dental Hygienist listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,151 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Swope Health

Wellness and Fitness Services
Kansas City, Missouri
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical benefits (including Health Savings Account option)
Dental and vision
401(k) retirement plan with company match
Company-paid life insurance
Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Account
Eight annual company-paid holidays

Living in Kansas City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$247k
Typical market rent
$1,446/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.