Registered Dental Hygienist

Description

As a Registered Dental Hygienist at Rivertown Dental, you’re not just cleaning teeth, you’re making a meaningful impact on patients’ lives. You’ll help patients understand their oral health, build trust, and inspire long-term wellness through compassionate, comprehensive care. We welcome hygienists who are passionate about exceptional care and working collaboratively as part of a team.

You’ll have the opportunity to practice your abilities while benefiting from mentorship, hands-on training, and a variety of continuing education opportunities to help you grow professionally. Our team-centered culture ensures that you feel valued, empowered, and inspired to make a difference every day for your patients, your team, and your own career development.

About Rivertown Dental:

Welcome to Rivertown Dental, a modern, team-first, privately-owned practice on a mission to change the landscape of dentistry. Equipped with the latest technology, we provide not only exceptional care for our patients but also abundant opportunities for our team to learn, grow, and thrive.

Our mission is simple: Creating exceptional dental experiences, every day. Guided by values of alignment, commitment, excellence, inspiration, leadership, and integrity, we work with heart, strive for growth, and always do what’s right.

We pride ourselves on a world-class culture that allows our team to focus on self-care, so that they can better serve their team, patients and community!

Responsibilities and Duties (including but not limited to):

• Prepares the treatment room for the patient by adhering to prescribed procedures and protocols.
• Prepares the patient for dental hygiene treatment by welcoming, soothing, seating, and draping the patient.
• Presents treatment to patients
• Provides information to patients and employees by answering questions and requests.
• Maintains instrumentation for dental hygiene treatment by sharpening, sterilizing, and selecting instruments.
• Selects materials and equipment for dental hygiene visit by evaluating patient’s oral health.
• Completes dental prophylaxis by cleaning deposits and stains from teeth and from beneath gum margins.
• Detects disease by completing oral cancer screening; feeling and visually examining gums, using probes to locate periodontal disease and to assess levels of bone loss, attachment loss & recession, exposing radiographic series and necessary intraoral imaging.
• Arrests dental decay by applying fluorides and other cavity- preventing agents.
• Cleans and polishes removable appliances.
• Removes cement from crowns and bridges if needed.
• Administers local anesthetic agents.
• Helps the team manage dental and medical emergencies by maintaining CPR certification, emergency drugs and oxygen supply, directory of emergency numbers and adhering to the RTD Emergency SOP & Safety Plan.
• Educates patients by giving oral hygiene and plaque control instructions, postoperative instructionst.
• Documents dental hygiene services by recording vital signs, medical & dental histories and documenting in patient records.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Ensures operation of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements, following manufacturer’s instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, and calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Monitors dental hygiene supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level and anticipates needed supplies.
• Conserves dental resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Embraces opportunities for learning and professional growth & development through continued education & training.
• Assignments and/or tasks as requested and agreed upon for the betterment of RTD utilizing individual time & talents.

We offer:

• Sign-On Bonus Eligible ($5,000)
• Flexible full-time or part-time hours
• 1-on-1 mentorship for your personal, professional, and even financial goals
• Competitive benefits: medical, vision, dental, PTO, education assistance, 401(k)
• Provided uniforms + onsite laundry
• A growth culture that invests in your learning, well-being, and long-term success
• A privately owned, group practice that is growing in the Coulee Region with advancement opportunities

What You’ll Do

• Be a trusted partner in patient health—educating, treating, and inspiring lasting oral wellness
• Deliver top-tier hygiene care with the support of the latest technology and systems
• Work side-by-side with doctors and a dedicated care team to create seamless experiences
• Keep care safe, comfortable, and consistent with modern standards and compliance
• Continue growing—because we believe our team’s success drives our patients’ success

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene required
• Valid Dental Hygiene Wisconsin licensure required
• Nitrous and anesthetic certification, completed or will complete
• Currently wears or discuss starting to wear loupes is preferred
• Experience with EMR (electronic medical records) and medical terminology is required