What are the responsibilities of a dental hygienist?
A. Responsibilities: Dental hygienists are responsible for primary preventive dental hygiene care. An important function of the dental hygienist is to provide dental health information to the public. Dental hygienists scale and polish teeth, chart extra-oral and intra-oral conditions, expose radiographs, apply fluoride treatments, take dental impressions, apply pit and fissure sealants, polish amalgam restorations, administer local anesthesia, and perform other chairside and office duties.
A. Dental hygienists are responsible for primary preventive dental hygiene care. An important function of the dental hygienist is to provide dental health information to the public. Dental hygienists scale and polish teeth, chart extra-oral and intra-oral conditions, expose radiographs, apply fluoride treatments, take dental impressions, apply pit and fissure sealants, polish amalgam restorations, administer local anesthesia and perform other chair-side and office duties.
