Dental Hygienists, Technicians and Therapists

What the job involves

• Providing educational programs to motivate children, parents and the community in matters relating to oral health

• Providing fluoride therapy by applying remineralising solutions and desensitising agents

• Removing deposits from teeth

• Applying non-invasive fissure sealants to teeth

• Taking impressions of the mouth

• Taking dental radiographs

• Administering local anaesthesia by infiltration and mandibular nerve block

• Fabricating full and partial dentures

• Constructing mouth guards, crowns, metal clasps, inlays, bridgework and other aids

• Repairing and relining denture bases