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Dental Hygienist - Part Time

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$53-$55/hr

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Job Description

  • Elevate Patient Care in a Boutique Practice Setting – Registered Dental Hygienist (Part-Time)
  • Practice: Glendale Dental Smiles
  • Location: Glendale, AZ
  • Schedule: Part-Time | Thursdays (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM) & Fridays (7:00 AM – 2:00 PM)

Compensation: $53.00 – $55.00 / hour + Monthly Team Performance Bonus Potential + Monthly Hygiene Bonus Potential

About Glendale Dental Smiles

At Glendale Dental Smiles, led by Dr. Richard Feldhake, DDS (35+ years of clinical excellence), we have proudly served the Glendale community for over two decades. Our practice combines advanced dental technology-such as digital radiography, CT Cone Beam scanning, and soft-tissue laser dentistry-with a warm, patient-centered approach.

Operating out of a modern facility with 3 dedicated hygiene operatories and 5 treatment rooms across 3 providers, our team prioritizes comprehensive care, patient comfort, and serving patients of all backgrounds, including special-needs individuals and those requiring gentle, compassionate management.

Position Overview

We are seeking a skilled, compassionate, and dependable Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) to join our hygiene team on Thursdays and Fridays. In this role, you will deliver exceptional preventive and therapeutic periodontal care, utilize advanced laser dentistry techniques, and empower patients through tailored oral health education.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct comprehensive oral health evaluations, periodontal assessments, and oral cancer screenings.
  • Perform high-quality prophylaxis, Scaling and Root Planing (SRP), and periodontal maintenance.
  • Administer soft-tissue laser therapy as part of comprehensive periodontal treatment protocols.
  • Take high-quality digital dental radiographs and intraoral imaging.
  • Safely administer local anesthesia as clinically indicated.

Deliver compassionate care to a diverse patient demographic, including pediatric, geriatric, and special-needs patients.

Communicate treatment plans clearly and collaborate closely with Dr. Feldhake and team members to ensure seamless patient care.

Maintain rigorous sterilization, infection control, and OSHA/HIPAA standards.

Qualifications & Requirements

  • RDH License: Active Arizona Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) License in good standing (Required).
  • Anesthesia Certification: Active Arizona Local Anesthesia Certification (Required).
  • Radiology Certification: Active Arizona Dental Radiography / X-Ray Certification (Required).

Laser Certification & Experience: Laser Certification and hands-on experience with soft-tissue laser dentistry (Required).

Special Populations: Experience or strong aptitude in providing gentle, compassionate care to special-needs patients.

Core Competencies: Strong interpersonal and patient-care communication skills, dependability, high reliability, and a collaborative, team-first attitude.

CPR/BLS: Active Basic Life Support (BLS) / CPR Certification.

Why Join Our Team?

Top-Tier Compensation: $53.00 – $55.00/hr + Monthly Team Performance Bonus Potential + Monthly Hygiene Bonus Potential.

Ideal Part-Time Schedule: Consistent Thursday hours with an early 2:00 PM finish on Fridays so you can jumpstart your weekend.

Supportive & Advanced Environment: Work alongside an experienced dentist and a high-functioning team that values patient comfort, cutting-edge clinical tools, and compassionate care.

Ready to make a meaningful impact where your clinical expertise and compassionate care are truly valued? Apply today to join the Glendale Dental Smiles family!

Requirements

Candidates must hold an active Arizona Registered Dental Hygienist license, local anesthesia certification, and radiography certification. Proficiency in soft-tissue laser dentistry and experience working with special-needs patients are required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Dental hygienePeriodontal assessmentLocal anesthesia administrationOSHA complianceHIPAA compliancePatient communicationSpecial-needs patient care

Dental Hygiene Career Context

American Dental Companies holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 76/100, 19 active listings.

Of the 41 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% have no call, 73% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$112k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $112k in an average-cost state. 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks33 jobs · 27 employers

401k / retirement match
91%
Sign-on bonus
48%
CME allowance
36%
Loan repayment
3%
PSLF eligible
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 3.9
Better work-life than 50% of Dental Hygiene listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,844 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Glendale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$384k
Typical market rent
$1,507/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.3
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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