Dental Hygienist

City Fort Riley
State Kansas
Schedule Full-Time
Company Name InGenesis

Job Description

• Examine the patient's oral cavity including mouth, throat, and pharynx, and record conditions of teeth and surrounding tissues.
• Refer patients to the dentist who have abnormalities including cavities, defective fillings, suspicious growths, or periodontal disease.
• Apply desensitizing and other topical agents to treat abnormalities including gingivitis and oral ulceration.
• Instruct patients, individually and in groups, in proper oral hygiene care using materials to include teeth models, displays, slides, toothbrushes, dental floss, disclosing tablets, and mirrors.
• Demonstrate proper techniques of brushing, flossing, and use of necessary periodontal aids.
• Explain the common causes of tooth decay and its relationship to the general diet.
• Take impressions and construct sports/safety mouth guards and soft night guards for vital bleaching. Polish restorations and apply pit and fissure sealants. Chair side dental assisting when directed by the OIC of the dental clinic.
• Record patients treated.
• Check and maintain instruments to insure working condition. Clean, sharpen, and sterilize instruments. Patient Workload, Readiness, and Scheduling.
• Utilizes the Corporate Dental Application to enter patient specific workload and readiness status and for patient scheduling.

Qualifications:

• Dental Hygienists shall be a graduate of a dental hygiene program that qualifies them to obtain a state license. This training must include coursework on radiation physics, biology, health, safety/protection, X-ray films/digital radiography, image quality, and radiographic techniques that meets or exceeds 42 C.F.R. Part 75 (Credentialing of Radiologic Personnel) requirements.
• All dental hygienists shall possess an active, current, valid, and unrestricted license in at least one of the 50 states, and/or the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or territories of the United States. The license must remain active, current, valid, and unrestricted during the life of the contract.
• One year experience in the last two years prior to contract execution, as a dental hygienist.
• Possess a BLS card through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross program.

Job Responsibilities

The employee will provide Dental Services to eligible beneficiaries of the military health care system in support of the Army Dental Command (DENCOM) for performance within the Continental United States (CONUS). These services are to be performed by doctors in the disciplines of General Dentistry, Endodontists, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Ancillary support includes Dental Hygienists, Dental Assistants, Dental Therapy Assistants, Oral, and Maxillofacial Surgery Dental Assistants, Dental Laboratory Technicians, Porcelain Ceramist Laboratory Technicians, and Dental Ceramo-Metal Laboratory Technicians.

Salary/Pay

 

Pay Rate : $37.00-$40.00

Shift: 0730-1630

Closing Date

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