Dental Hygienist Brookville/Freeport locations up to 14hrs per week

The Dental Hygienist facilitates delivery of dental services by the dentist for Advantage Care patients.

Qualifications:

• Associates degree from an accredited college or university in dental hygiene required; bachelor’s degree preferred
• New York State licensure required; basic life support certification
• Familiarity serving persons with developmental disabilities, developmental delays or disabilities desirable
• Strong ability to support busy dental teaching program serving OPWDD population as well as developmentally delayed children required
• Strong oral, written and organizations skills required
• Knowledge of  Medicaid preferred.

Primary duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:

• performs dental prophylaxis on cooperative patients;
• cleans calcareous deposits, accretions and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums using dental instruments;
• feels lymph nodes under patient's chin to detect swelling or tenderness that could indicate presence of oral cancer;
• feels and visually examines gums for sores and signs of disease;
• examines gums, using probes, to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease;
• applies fluorides and other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay;
• charts conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentist;
• makes impressions for study casts;
• may remove sutures and dressings;
• may place and remove rubber dams, matrices, and temporary restorations;
• may place, carve, and finish amalgam restorations;
• may remove excess cement from coronal surfaces of teeth;
• may provide clinical services and health education or desensitization programs to improve and maintain oral health of children and adults that are mentally retarded, developmentally delayed or disabled;
• may conduct dental health clinics for community groups to augment services of dentist
• monitors and distributes dental products.