Restorative dental hygienist
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education
- Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
Work setting
- Dental practice
Tasks
- Conduct initial dental assessments
- Consult with dentists on patient care
- Supervise dental assistants in their health care functions
- Take dental impressions
- Instruct patients regarding oral hygiene
- Clean and stimulate the gums to prevent gum disease
- Apply fluoride treatment
- Remove stains and deposits from teeth
- Administer local anesthetics
- Take, develop and mount X-rays
- Apply and remove temporary dressings
- Diagnose type and severity of diseases
- Perform routine extraction of teeth
- Remove sutures
- Fill cavities
- Perform restorative and orthodontic procedures under the direction of a dentist
- Replace portions of crowns and perform other restoration techniques
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Manual dexterity
- Fast-paced environment
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
- Work under pressure
- Sitting
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Physically demanding
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Interpersonal awareness
- Team player
Experience
- 1 to less than 7 months
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site recreation and activities
- Other benefits
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available
- Wellness program
- Durée de l'emploi: Temporaire
- Langue de travail: Français
- Heures de travail: 34 hours per week