Dental Hygienist

Dental Hygienist

Affordable Smiles of Baton Rouge

Position Summary

Affordable Smiles is looking for a friendly dental hygienist who wants to impact patient's lives to add to our team! We love what we do and love seeing the positive effect dentistry can have on people's lives.

Employee Benefits

• Monthly Bonus Potential!
• Group health insurance
• Paid time off
• 401k Plan with matching
• Free life insurance
• Options for vision, cancer, disability, and accident insurance plans
• In office training including yearly BLS and OSHA

Essential Functions

• Prepare and properly set up treatment rooms for hygiene procedures.
• Review and update patient’s health history, chart progress, treatments, and home care compliance.

Clean calculus deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums, using dental instruments, including scaling and root planning for patients with periodontal disease

Apply fluorides and other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay.

Examine gums, using probes, to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease; communicate findings to patient and doctor.

• Selecting, mixing, and placing materials on instruments and in the patient’s mouth, as needed.
• Educate and motivate patient on proper oral hygiene and corrective/preventative measures.
• Schedule appropriate re-care appointments.
• Assist hygiene assistant in sterilization duties.
• Other duties and tasks, as assigned periodically.

Experience and Education

• Associate's Degree from ADA accredited dental hygienist school
• Current State Licensure
• CPR Certification
• Preferred one year dental experience.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements

• Standing 60%
• Sitting 40%
• Moderate noise levels from dental and other Lab equipment
• Medical, office, and lab setting
• Minimum lifting requirements of 35 pounds in order to transfer equipment and pack and unpack supplies.
• Frequent bending, twisting, and position changes in order to examine and service patients.