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Dental Hygienist

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Part-Time
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Job Description

Build a Hygiene Career That Rewards Great Patient Care

At Gentle Dental, we believe exceptional dentistry starts with exceptional clinicians. We're looking for a Dental Hygienist to join our Sehome team in Bellingham and help us provide patients with high-quality, preventive care in a collaborative and supportive environment.

This is an opportunity to practice hygiene with a team that values your clinical expertise, gives you the support and resources to succeed, and rewards your contributions.

If you're passionate about patient education, prevention, periodontal health, and building lasting relationships with your patients, we'd love to meet you.

Why You'll Love Working at Gentle Dental

Our approach combines the advantages of a group practice with the clinical environment and relationships that make dentistry rewarding.

As a Dental Hygienist, you'll have the opportunity to:

  • Focus on delivering high-quality preventive and periodontal care
  • Build long-term relationships with your patients
  • Educate patients and help them take an active role in their oral and overall health
  • Collaborate closely with dentists and other members of the clinical team
  • Work with the support and resources of an established dental organization
  • Continue developing your clinical skills through continuing education
  • Earn additional compensation through an uncapped bonus plan

We believe in personal accountability, strong relationships, clinical excellence, and continuously finding better ways to support our patients and teams.

What You'll Do

As a Dental Hygienist, you'll be an essential part of each patient's care team.

You'll provide preventive and periodontal services while helping patients understand the connection between oral health and overall wellness.

You'll

  • Perform comprehensive dental hygiene and periodontal services within your scope of practice
  • Assess patients' oral health and identify periodontal conditions
  • Partner with dentists to develop and support appropriate patient treatment plans
  • Educate patients on oral hygiene, prevention, periodontal health, and recommended care
  • Build trust through compassionate, personalized patient interactions
  • Maintain accurate clinical documentation
  • Follow infection control, safety, and clinical protocols
  • Collaborate with the entire dental team to create an exceptional patient

Experience

Schedule

Part-Time

LOCATIONS

  • Gentle Dental Medford Main
  • 836 East Main St.
  • Suite 4
  • Medford, OR 97504, USA

We Offer the Following Benefits for Part-Time Employees

  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Basic life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
  • 401k plan with company match
  • CE credits
  • Malpractice
  • Referral Bonus Program ($600 - $2,500 depending on role)

Position Qualifications:

  • Accredited Hygiene Technical School or College
  • Current applicable State Dental License (or the ability to acquire one by time of employment)
  • Other licenses/certifications such as CPR, local certified anesthesia
  • Applicable local anesthesia certification and other required credentials
  • Strong patient communication and education skills
  • Commitment to clinical excellence and an exceptional patient experience

Why Gentle Dental?

Our vision is to provide exceptional, lifelong, integrated oral healthcare that improves our patients' quality of life and overall health.

We've reimagined group dentistry to give clinicians the right balance of clinical autonomy, collaboration, resources, and support throughout every stage of their careers—all while keeping the best interests of our patients at the center of what we do.

Bring your clinical expertise to a team that values what you do—and offers the earning potential to reward it.

Key Responsibilities

The Dental Hygienist will perform comprehensive preventive and periodontal services while educating patients on oral health and wellness. They will collaborate with the clinical team to develop treatment plans and maintain accurate patient documentation.

Requirements

Candidates must have completed an accredited hygiene technical school or college and hold a current state dental license. Additional requirements include local anesthesia certification and strong patient communication skills.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Oral health assessmentTreatment planning

Dental Hygiene Career Context

Of the 50 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Oregon is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.0% of Oregon clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
3%
Relocation assistance
3%

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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Medford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$409k
Typical market rent
$1,678/mo
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.4
State income tax
Up to 9.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Medford, OR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Employee Assistance Program
Basic life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
401k plan with company match
CE credits
Malpractice
Referral Bonus Program ($600 - $2,500)
Uncapped bonus plan