Dental Hygienist - Flexible Temporary Coverage

Job Description

Our office is looking for Dental Hygienist from September 2025-June 2026. We are open to part time or full time (2-4 days per week), and days are flexible! This position has the possibity of employement extended beyond the coverage dates.

Excellent hygienist wanted to join our low stress, highly positive, growing, local dental team. If you are looking for a place where you know your patients, can make a positive difference, and are a valued team member, then this is the position for you. We are a well-established, one doctor family practice, in a newly remodeled office with state of the art equipment including digital radiographs with Pearl/AI, intraoral camera, itero scanner, a CBCT, laser, and Eaglesoft software. You will have an outstanding hygiene partner with our wonderful hygienist. We take great pride in providing top notch care to our life-long and appreciative patients. We are looking for an experienced and motivated team player to offer our patients the highest level of care and education. You must be able to provide only 5 star excellent care for our patients. Check us out on google! One hour regular hygiene appointments. We all work very well as a team and have a great doctor. Located in Laurel!

The right candidate will have the following attributes:

Excellent communication skills

A Positive work ethic

Detail Oriented

A Great Attitude

A Motivated, Self-Starter

Proactive

A Dedicated Worker and Team Player

Some Duties include but are not limited to:

Welcome and greet patients

Conduct initial oral screenings and oral cancer screenings

Identify conditions such as periodontal diseases and gingivitis

Performing the appropriate oral hygiene procedure for each patient

Educating patients on oral hygiene

Sterilize dental instruments

Follow infection control standards

Maintain documentation and charts on each patient

Reviewing a patient’s dental history

Recommending care to improve a patient’s oral health

Teaching patients about proper teeth cleaning techniques

Performing preventive dental care (Prophylaxis and SRP)

Applying fluoride/nano hydroxyapatite/SDF treatments

Taking x-rays and reviewing them for signs of dental diseases with Pearl

Prepare treatment plans and discuss the doctor’s recommendations

Required Skills/Abilities

Degree from an accredited dental hygiene school

MT Licensure

Required – Dental Hygiene Licensure

Preferred – Local Anesthetic Licensure

Maintain licensure requirements

Working knowledge of office equipment such as computer terminals, telephones and copiers

Hourly Compensation Based on experience.

Our office hours are 8am-5pm with an hour lunch. Team members are expected to arrive 30 mins before patients are scheduled.

Full-time