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Dental Hygienists
ID
work_healthcare_practitioners/dental_hygienists
Type
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Children
16
Child Nodes (16)
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Record and review patient medical histories.
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Feel and visually examine gums for sores and signs of disease.
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Examine gums, using probes, to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease.
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Clean calcareous deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums, using dental instruments.
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Provide clinical services or health education to improve and maintain the oral health of patients or the general public.
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Chart conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentist.
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Expose and develop x-ray film.
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Attend continuing education courses to maintain or update skills.
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Apply fluorides or other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay.
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Maintain dental equipment and sharpen and sterilize dental instruments.
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Maintain patient recall system.
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Feel lymph nodes under patient's chin to detect swelling or tenderness that could indicate presence of oral cancer.
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Administer local anesthetic agents.
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Remove excess cement from coronal surfaces of teeth.
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Conduct dental health clinics for community groups to augment services of dentist.
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