Dental Hygienist

Dental Hygienists are among the most critical team members at MCA Dental!

We are looking for a Dental Hygienist to join our team of passionate oral health professionals. As a Registered Dental Hygienist, duties include conducting initial patient screenings, preventive dental care and being an oral health educator and advocate. You will work  closely with the Dentist to identify and treatment plan according to individual patients needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• The ideal candidate will uphold the highest standards of patient care and be passionate about educating on the treatment that will ensure the best outcome for their patients
• Adhere to and uphold the highest standards of infection control practices and guidelines, including while processing instruments and treatment room 
• Medical health history screening and updates
• Conduct baseline and routine assessments (including full mouth charting, probing, oral cancer screening) 
• Radiographs (as prescribed by the Dentist) or dental impressions as required
• Identify conditions and oral disease such as: gingivitis, caries or periodontists 
• Dental Hygiene treatment planning including patient specific preventive dental care (scaling, prophy, fluoride etc. as required) 
• Educate patients by providing oral hygiene instruction, plaque control instructions and postoperative instructions as required
• Maintain accurate documentation/charting
• Collaborate with the team to monitor supplies
• Identify gaps in clinical schedule and assist with scheduling, such as: booking preventive recall appointments, following up with outstanding treatment plans
• Collaborate with colleagues during down-time in schedule (Dental Hygienists, Dental Assistants Dentists and Administration) 
• Attend continuing education events from time to time and as required

Our in office protocols are solid and our principles are based on the Fanshawe Hygiene program. We have also customized
Tracker to mimick Fanshawe's program so hygienists can learn and navigate through the software easier. We provide a lot of
support to the staff and have a great training program which is led by our head hygienist. In addition, we have a dedicated hygiene
coordinator that works with the hygienist as well as a dedicated person on sterile bay to help instruments.