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General requirements:

Each state has specific regulations regarding responsibilities and the range of services that can be performed by hygienists.

General duties include:

• reviewing the daily schedules for hygiene patients with the appropriate team member

• working with other team members to efficiently schedule hygiene patients

• reviewing patient health and dental history forms and updating them as necessary

• accurately charting each patient’s periodontal health

• performing prophylaxis, scaling, root planing and selective polishing

• administering local anesthetics (where allowed by the state’s dental practice act)

• taking radiographs

• applying fluoride and sealants

• teaching patients proper oral hygiene techniques

• counseling patients on oral health

• documenting pertinent observations and patients’ conditions and responses to recommendations for care

• cleaning and sterilizing instruments

• performing other tasks assigned by the dentist as allowed by the state’s dental practice act