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Westphalia Holdings
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina

Dental Hygienist

Dental Above average in Dental HygieneNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
No weekends
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Job Description

  • Registered Dental Hygienist
  • Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
  • Full-Time | 4-Day Work Week | $5,000 Retention Bonus | Established Fee-for-Service Practice

Are you an experienced Dental Hygienist looking for a practice where you can build meaningful patient relationships, provide exceptional care, and become an important part of a long-tenured team?

An established dental practice in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina is seeking a confident, patient-focused Registered Dental Hygienist to join its team.

This is not a high-volume, insurance-driven hygiene environment. The practice has built an exceptional reputation around comprehensive, cosmetic, and relationship-based dentistry, serving an established patient base that values quality care and invests in its oral health.

For the right hygienist, this is an opportunity to join a sophisticated, patient-centered practice, work alongside an experienced Partner Dentist and established clinical team, and build a long-term career in one of the Charleston area's most desirable communities.

Compensation & Schedule

Compensation

We believe experienced hygienists should be rewarded for both their clinical expertise and the value they bring to the practice.

This Position Offers

  • Competitive guaranteed compensation
  • Additional commission / performance-based earning opportunity
  • $5,000 Retention Bonus, paid over time
  • Opportunity to earn beyond a traditional fixed hourly hygiene model

The compensation structure is designed to provide stability while also giving a productive hygienist the opportunity to participate in the growth they help create.

Schedule

  • Full-Time
  • Monday–Thursday
  • 4-Day Work Week
  • Enjoy a consistent full-time schedule with Fridays and weekends free.

Why You'll Love This Opportunity

Established Fee-for-Service Patient Base

You'll care for an established base of loyal patients who value their oral health and have chosen the practice because of its reputation for personalized, high-quality dentistry.

Quality Over Quantity

The focus is on excellent care—not rushing patients through an unnecessarily aggressive schedule. You'll have the opportunity to educate patients, build trust, and develop meaningful long-term relationships.

Comprehensive & Cosmetic Dentistry

Work in a clinically engaging environment where patients routinely pursue comprehensive restorative and cosmetic treatment.

Hygiene is viewed as an important part of the patient's overall health, treatment planning, and long-term relationship with the practice.

  • Experienced, Tenured Team
  • You'll be joining a team that has worked together for years and takes pride in the culture they've built.

The practice isn't simply looking to fill an opening. They're looking for the right long-term addition to the team.

Professional, Patient-Centered Environment

This is a polished, established dental practice serving patients who expect an elevated level of service and care.

If you appreciate professionalism, attention to detail, strong patient relationships, and a collaborative clinical environment, you'll feel at home here.

What You'll Do

As an important member of the clinical team, you'll partner closely with the doctor to help patients achieve and maintain excellent oral health.

Responsibilities Include

  • Perform comprehensive dental hygiene procedures
  • Adult and pediatric prophylaxis
  • Scaling and Root Planing (SRP)
  • Periodontal maintenance
  • Conduct comprehensive periodontal and oral-health assessments
  • Take diagnostic radiographs
  • Review and update patient medical histories
  • Educate patients regarding preventive care and home-care techniques
  • Identify and communicate potential restorative and periodontal needs
  • Collaborate closely with the doctor on comprehensive treatment planning
  • Maintain accurate and detailed clinical documentation
  • Follow OSHA, HIPAA, infection-control, and sterilization protocols
  • Create a comfortable, professional, and personalized experience for every patient
  • We're Looking For Someone Who Is...
  • Clinically confident and committed to exceptional patient care
  • Warm, professional, and relationship-oriented
  • Comfortable educating patients and discussing their oral-health needs
  • Interested in comprehensive and cosmetic dentistry
  • Detail-oriented and organized
  • An excellent communicator
  • A collaborative team player
  • Motivated by professional growth and long-term stability
  • Looking for a practice they can genuinely become part of

Qualifications

  • Required
  • Graduate of an accredited Dental Hygiene program
  • Active South Carolina Dental Hygiene License, or eligibility to obtain
  • Current CPR/BLS certification, or ability to obtain
  • Preferred
  • Previous clinical hygiene experience
  • Experience in a fee-for-service or comprehensive dental environment
  • Strong patient education and communication skills
  • Experience with digital charting and dental practice-management software

About the Opportunity

This is an exceptional opportunity for a hygienist who wants more than simply another hourly position.

You'll join an established practice with an exceptional patient base, experienced Partner Dentist, tenured team, and reputation for comprehensive, high-quality care—while enjoying the lifestyle benefits of a four-day work week and a compensation model that rewards your contribution to the practice.

If you're looking for great patients, an exceptional team, and a place where you can build lasting professional relationships, we'd love to speak with you.

Apply today to learn more about this confidential Registered Dental Hygienist opportunity in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

Key Responsibilities

Perform comprehensive dental hygiene procedures including prophylaxis, scaling and root planing, and periodontal maintenance. Collaborate with the dentist on treatment planning while maintaining accurate clinical documentation and patient education.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Dental Hygiene Career Context

Of the 50 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 32% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for South Carolina is 93.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.6% of South Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs

401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

5.7/ 10
Listing-based score

Above average in Dental Hygiene

  • No weekends

Living in Mount Pleasant

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$733k
Typical market rent
$2,446/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.0
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Competitive guaranteed compensation
Commission/performance-based earning opportunity
$5,000 Retention Bonus
4-Day Work Week
Fridays and weekends free