Dental Hygienist

• Job Summary
  • Responsible for providing intra-oral care under the direction of a dentist.
• Education
  • Graduate of an accredited Dental Hygiene Program
  • BS in Dental Hygiene or accredited Dental Hygienist Preceptorship Program with 4 years of dental hygienist experience.
• Experience
  • Prefer Pediatric experience in an outpatient setting.
• Licensures, Certifications, and/or Registries
  • Current AL Registered Dental Hygienist license
  • Current BLS Certification

Additional Information

The Children’s of Alabama Dental Clinic is a teaching clinic where, in association with the University of Alabama School of Dentistry, dentists receive training to become specialists in Pediatric Dentistry. This clinic provides comprehensive dental healthcare to children younger than age 15 and provides emergency dental services and dental treatment to children with special needs and/or physical challenges, as well as those who are medically compromised. All care is overseen by board-certified pediatric dentists on the faculty of the UAB Department of Pediatric Dentistry. The Department of Pediatric Dentistry’s faculty also see private patients in the UAB Dental Group’s Pediatric Faculty Practice. 

Services provided include oral hygiene care and education, dental restorations, extractions, pulp therapy, treatment of trauma, minimal oral sedation and dental treatment under general anesthesia. Emergency services are available through the emergency room for trauma emergencies after hours.

Location: Children’s of Alabama (1st Floor, Lowder Building)