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Dental Hygienist

    Dental Hygienist - Fort Leonard Wood, United States - Department Of Defense

    Department Of Defense
    Department Of Defense Fort Leonard Wood, United States

    1 day ago

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    Part time
    Description

    Summary



    About the Position: This position is located at the General Leonard Wood Army Community Center in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

    This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.

    This is an open continuous announcement. Multiple vacancies exist and may be filled from this announcement at any of the locations listed. We accept applications on an ongoing basis; qualified applicants will be considered as vacancies become available.



    Duties

    • Perform complete and advanced oral prophylaxis on ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients.
    • Perform deep scaling, root planning, and sub-gingival curettage under local anesthesia.
    • Take intra-oral impressions to prepare study models.
    • Maintain patient's record of treatment, recording oral conditions of the teeth and surrounding tissues, progress and therapy notes, etc.
    • Examine patient's mouth, throat, and pharynx, referring abnormalities to dentist.
    • Plan and adapt instructions in home care techniques, tailoring them to oral hygiene needs and oral problems of individual patients.