Job Requirements:

• Licensed or certified to practice as a Dental Hygienist in country of origin and Saudi Arabia;  
• Certified dental hygienist from KSA college graduate in dental hygiene; 
• Associate degree/diploma in dental hygiene from the USA, Western Europe or UK; 
• Up to date SCHS license as dental hygienist/dentist, MOH License and BLS; and 
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a full-time dental hygienist.

Job Description:

• Using dental instruments to clean accretions, calcareous deposits, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums.
• Looking for indications of oral cancer by feeling lymph nodes under patient chins for signs of tenderness or swelling.
• Noting and reviewing patient medical history.
• Using probes to examine and locate periodontal recessed gums and other signs of gum disease.
• Recording dental decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentists.
• Maintaining dental equipment and x-ray machine.
• Feeling and visually examining gums for signs of disease, sores, and other dental health issues.
• Exposing and developing x-ray film.
• Sharpening and sterilizing dental instruments.
• Promoting preventative dental care to improve patient oral health care.
• Applying fluorides and other dental decay prevention agents.
• Working with dentists and dental assistants.
• Maintaining a dental hygiene program for patients.