Job Summary: 

• Examine the oral cavity, including the mouth, throat, and pharynx.
• Record the conditions of the teeth and surrounding tissues.
• Refer patients to the dentist.
• Provide instructions on proper oral hygiene care.
• Record patients treated.
• Check and maintain instruments to ensure working condition.
• Clean, sharpen, and sterilize instruments.

Skills on Resume: 

• Oral Examination (Hard Skills)
• Condition Recording (Hard Skills)
• Patient Referral (Soft Skills)
• Hygiene Instruction (Soft Skills)
• Treatment Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Instrument Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Instrument Sharpening (Hard Skills)
• Instrument Sterilization (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Ensuring patients feel as comfortable as possible before their examination
• Using dental instruments to clean accretions, calculus deposits, and stains from teeth and beneath the margins of gums.
• Looking for indications of oral cancer by performing intraoral and extraoral exams.
• Noting and reviewing the patient's medical history.
• Performing comprehensive periodontal charting to locate and assess signs of periodontal disease.
• Electronic recording of dental records, including decay and periodontal disease, for diagnosis and treatment by dentists.
• Exposing digital X-rays.
• Sharpening and sterilizing dental instruments.
• Promoting preventative dental care to improve patient oral health care.
• Applying fluorides and other dental decay-preventing agents.
• Working with dentists and dental assistants.
• Maintaining a dental hygiene program for patients.

Skills on Resume: 

• Patient Comfort (Soft Skills)
• Instrument Cleaning (Hard Skills)
• Cancer Screening (Hard Skills)
• Medical History Review (Hard Skills)
• Periodontal Charting (Hard Skills)
• Electronic Recording (Hard Skills)
• Digital X-rays (Hard Skills)
• Instrument Sterilization (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Exposing, developing, and mounting dental radiographs such as peri-apical, bitewings, panoramic, and cephalometric radiographs.
• Performing clinical examinations of oral structures and health, and dental charting.
• Removing calculus and plaque (hard and soft deposits) from all surfaces of the teeth.
• Administering local anesthesia by infiltration during plaque removal.
• Educating patients on appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health, such as tooth brushing, flossing, and nutritional counseling.
• Taking impressions of patients’ teeth and surrounding structures for study models and bleaching trays.

Skills on Resume: 

• Radiograph Processing (Hard Skills)
• Clinical Examination (Hard Skills)
• Dental Charting (Hard Skills)
• Calculus Removal (Hard Skills)
• Local Anesthesia (Hard Skills)
• Hygiene Education (Soft Skills)
• Impression Taking (Hard Skills)
• Nutritional Counseling (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provide high-quality dental hygiene within the scope of service consistent with accepted standards of care.
• Evaluate patients and implement treatment regimens under the supervision of the Dentist.
• Provide complete documentation of all findings, treatments, and outcomes.
• Initiate oral health education and prevention activities.
• Review and interpret patient dental records.
• Work cooperatively with other Dental Program staff.
• Help out to ensure the smooth, efficient running of the Dental Program.
• Participate in the ongoing evaluation of Dental Program operations to assure the delivery of high-quality services that support the financial sustainability of the program.

Skills on Resume: 

• Dental Hygiene Care (Hard Skills)
• Patient Evaluation (Hard Skills)
• Treatment Implementation (Hard Skills)
• Documentation Completion (Hard Skills)
• Oral Health Education (Soft Skills)
• Record Interpretation (Hard Skills)
• Team Cooperation (Soft Skills)
• Program Support (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Performs routine dental procedures such as scaling of teeth, including subgingival regions and root planning with hand and ultrasonic instruments, polishing of all exposed tooth surfaces with motor-driven and hand instruments in the oral prophylaxis procedure.
• Instructs patients and others in preventive dental health practices and provides nutrition counseling and diet analysis for patients.
• Evaluates and makes available effective dental health educational material to interested groups, patients, and other staff.
• Completes the Patient Safety Training curriculum.
• Makes recommendations on the development and implementation of community-based preventive dental health projects.
• Performs all duties that any other dental auxiliary is authorized to perform, i.e., charting, taking and processing radiographs, etc., and performs expanded functions which may be authorized by law.

Skills on Resume: 

• Dental Scaling (Hard Skills)
• Root Planning (Hard Skills)
• Tooth Polishing (Hard Skills)
• Prevention Instruction (Soft Skills)
• Nutrition Counseling (Soft Skills)
• Health Education (Soft Skills)
• Patient Safety Training (Hard Skills)
• Radiograph Processing (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Document dental care services by charting in patient records
• Prepare purchase orders for supplies
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
• Attend continuing education in-service workshops
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols
• Assist the dentist in managing dental and medical emergencies
• Maintain prompt and regular attendance.
• Verify the timecard at the end of each pay period.

Skills on Resume: 

• Care Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Order Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Environment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Continuing Education (Hard Skills)
• Infection Control (Hard Skills)
• Emergency Assistance (Soft Skills)
• Regular Attendance (Soft Skills)
• Timecard Verification (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provides and implements a comprehensive oral healthcare services program for First Nations communities by traveling to communities
• Provides a wide range of preventative and therapeutic oral healthcare services and/or duties to address clients’ oral health needs in First Nations communities
• Ensures that clients receive optimal oral healthcare treatment and education based on clinical assessment findings that align with the client’s goal for comprehensive oral health.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates an active preventive oral health education and promotion program in First Nations and Inuit communities to promote dental health.
• Provides findings, recommends a course of treatment, and works in partnership with clients and families through a client-centered approach to help individuals achieve desired, appropriate health and wellness outcomes.
• Co-creates a dental hygiene care plan with each client using agreed-upon evidence-informed interventions and practices.
• Regularly monitors and adjusts each plan to help support goal success and maintain appropriateness to the client's condition and/or abilities.
• Develops and maintains client records according to the practice standard policies set forth by the College of Dental Hygienists of BC (CDHBC) and aligning with those of FNHA, including dental and/or medical histories, oral assessment, dental hygiene diagnosis, radiographic findings, client treatment records, referral records, client goals, and regular preventive visit interval records.
• Develops and maintains FNHA program files and/or records, such as weekly services reporting and equipment and dental supply inventories at each location.
• Produces, compiles, and analyzes statistical reports and technical data to communicate with other health professionals.
• Identifies and documents oral health conditions requiring referral to appropriate oral health and/or medical professionals.
• Promotes fluoride-related public health programs within communities.
• Supports the FNHA by aligning individual contributions with those of the team and group.
• Shares needed information with others in a timely and efficient manner.

Skills on Resume: 

• Oral Healthcare Delivery (Hard Skills)
• Preventive Services (Hard Skills)
• Client Education (Soft Skills)
• Program Development (Hard Skills)
• Client Partnership (Soft Skills)
• Care Plan Creation (Hard Skills)
• Record Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)