Essential Duties and Major Responsibilities:

• Prepare operatory for patient care by cleaning, sanitizing and maintaining equipment, sterilizing and sharpening equipment.

• Greet the patient, making them feel at-ease and comfortable.

• Take and record medical and dental histories and updated personal information in patient’s chart.

• Expose and develop x-ray film.

• Make intra oral impressions for study casts.

• Pour study models, trim, make bleaching trays. Dispense bleach and inform proper usage to patient.

• Perform full mouth periodontal probing or PSR on initial and appropriate subsequent visits. Record findings; note bleeding mobility, furcae involvement and tissue tone in patient’s chart.

• Clean calcareous deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth supra and sub-gingivally.

• Scaling Root Planning and Periodontic maintenance cleanings, determine whether patient needs 3, 4 or 6-month recall.

• Apply fluorides and other decay preventing agents to arrest dental decay.

• Polish and floss teeth

• Remove excess cement from coronal surfaces of teeth.

• Provide clinical services and health education to improve and maintain oral health such as brushing, flossing, and other plaque control methods.

• Apply sealant to the surfaces of teeth per diagnosis of dentist.

• Prioritize activities and assignments as to their relative importance.

• Exercise care in the completion of work assignments and request direction when needed.

• Implement improvement measures and suggests ways to improve efficiency of operation and working conditions.

• Attend all mandatory office and health center meetings.

• Works as part of team and works at the Fitchburg Community Health Center as required.

• Demonstrate understanding and commitment of the health center mission

• Demonstrate understanding and commitment to the established CHC Values and Standards

• Other duties may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduate from an accredited Dental Hygiene School

• Successful completion of the National and State examination with Certification

• One (1) similar work, internship or volunteer experience year experience required

• Proficient reading, writing, and speaking in English.