Our office treats patients with conventional braces and clear aligners. This is a full time position 4 days a week, Monday through Thursday. It is a long-term position for a career oriented person who has a strong focus on excellence in communication and customer service. We offer a benefits package including paid time off, holidays, medical health insurance, continuing education and a 401k contribution plan.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $30-36/hour depending on experience

Benefits available for full time employees.

Schedule:

Day shift

Monday - Thursday 7:20am-5pm

Work Location: In person

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Make everyone feel like a welcomed guest to our office
- Greet patients and visitors, determine their status and needs
- Electronic charting using Dolphin Management and Imaging
- Archwire removal and replacement

- Clear aligner attachment bonding and progress monitoring
- Assist doctor during appliance placement
- Inform and update patients/parents on treatment progress and dental education
- Take orthodontic records (photographs, digital x-rays, and intraoral scans)

- Basic dental office sterilization

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
- Outstanding communication and organizational skills
- Must love to work with people
- Excellent verbal and manual dexterity skills
- RDA and x-ray certification preferred
- Professional appearance and demeanor
- Ability to work independently, accurately, and quickly
- This is a long-term position for a career oriented person

Telephone and in-office interviews will be scheduled with qualified applicants only. Thank you!

License/Certification:

• BLS/CPR
• RDA Certification
• X-Ray Certification 
• Coronal Polishing

Work Location: In person

Are you looking for the "unicorn" dental practice?  You just found it.  Dr. Shook is an experienced sole practicioner who values hygieniests and provides you the equipment and team support and a reasonble, predictable schedule to be your best.

Private Practice

We are a modern, patient-focused dental practice committed to providing exceptional oral healthcare services to our community. Our state-of-the-art facility features advanced technology and equipment, creating an ideal environment for delivering high-quality dental care. Our team values compassion, professionalism, and continuous learning, ensuring our patients receive the best possible experience.

Comprehensive Benefits

Full time or Part Time position is available.  Full Time hygienists are offered health insurance, 401(k) with match and profit sharing, paid sick days. 

Team Culture and Support

• Autonomy & Respect: Complete trust in your clinical assessment without micromanagement 
• Reliable Assistant Support: Float assistant for sterilization, turning rooms over, radiographs, etc.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver seamless patient experiences
• Cohesive Front Desk: A respectful front desk that values your schedule and handles patient flow smoothly
• No Production goals, just provide excellent, heartfelt service

Clinical Setting

Our facility features advanced dental equipment and digital imaging systems, allowing our team to provide comprehensive care efficiently. We prioritize patient comfort and maintain strict standards for infection control and safety protocols.

Candidate Requirements

We seek a dedicated professional with solid technical foundations and strong interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will demonstrate reliability, attention to detail, and the ability to balance independent work with collaborative efforts.

Job Responsibilities

• Engage in ongoing professional development to enhance skills and knowledge
• Support practice-wide initiatives and special projects as needed
• Demonstrate commitment to delivering exceptional patient outcomes and experiences

Clinical Setting

Our facility features advanced dental equipment and digital imaging systems, allowing our team to provide comprehensive care efficiently. We prioritize patient comfort and maintain strict standards for infection control and safety protocols.

Candidate Requirements

We seek a dedicated professional with solid technical foundations and strong interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will demonstrate reliability, attention to detail, and the ability to balance independent work with collaborative efforts.

Job Responsibilities

• Engage in ongoing professional development to enhance skills and knowledge
• Support practice-wide initiatives and special projects as needed
• Demonstrate commitment to delivering exceptional patient outcomes and experiences

Clinical Setting

Our facility features advanced dental equipment and digital imaging systems, allowing our team to provide comprehensive care efficiently. We prioritize patient comfort and maintain strict standards for infection control and safety protocols.

Candidate Requirements

We seek a dedicated professional with solid technical foundations and strong interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will demonstrate reliability, attention to detail, and the ability to balance independent work with collaborative efforts.

Job Responsibilities

• Work as lead assistant assisting doctor chairside
• Manage tasks related to running the back office and treatment procedures efficiently
• Demonstrate commitment to delivering exceptional patient outcomes and experiences

Compensation strongly depends on experience and performance.  If you have mainly been a support role, or have limited experience, we can train you!  If you have solid experience as a strong lead assistant and know how to fly through the day efficiently and work as a team as needed, then you're the superstar we are looking for!  Please submit resume if interested.  Thanks for looking.

Employment Type: Full-Time
Pay Range: $29–$33/hour
Minimum Requirement: Current California Dental Radiation Safety (X-Ray) Certificate

Assist Dentist

• Assist dentist during procedures
• Input doctor treatment plan into charts
• Provide chairside assistance during general dental procedures and anticipate basic provider needs.
• Take diagnostic-quality dental X-rays within permitted scope and ensure images are properly captured and documented.
• Assist with suction, isolation, instrument transfer, material preparation, and other permitted chairside duties.
• Turn over and disinfect operatories promptly to maintain efficient patient flow and provider schedules.
• Accurately enter required clinical information and support completion of charts and documentation in Open Dental.
• Maintain stocked and organized operatories and promptly communicate supply, equipment, or clinical-flow issues.
• Independently provide chairside assistance for general and more complex dental procedures while anticipating provider needs throughout the procedure.
• Support intraoral scanning, impressions, clinical photography, and other procedures within permitted scope.
• Drive efficient clinical flow by minimizing room turnover time, anticipating schedule needs, and proactively helping keep providers on time.

Labs/Supplies

• Sterilize instruments and make sure cassettes are organized

• Make sure lab cases in office

• Monitor dental supplies and order on Dentira as needed

• Make sure extra supplies are organized

Patient Experience

• Perform coronal polishing, pit and fissure sealants, topical fluoride, place and remove temporary restorations, and place/remove matrics, remove excess cement, and certain ortho functions

• Prepare rooms for next day and patients and mark on schedule

• Make sure all patients get a warm towel

• Check in patients as needed when front busy and walk to operatory

• Give new patient tours when front is busy

• Answer patient questions to the best of your ability

• Answer phones in 2 rings as needed when front office is busy

• Prepare operatories, instruments, materials, and procedure setups before each patient.

• Seat and prepare patients, review basic medical history information, and support a comfortable patient experience.

• Review patient charts, medical histories, treatment needs, and required clinical information before seating patients.

Office Cleanliness

• Operatories keep organized and clean

• Check In / Check Out keep clean

• Floors / Lights / Doors (throughout the office)

• Complete daily, weekly, monthly back office housekeeping and make sure office is clean

Leadership

• Manage flow of patients

• Arrive on time and stay until close

• Build schedules to have productive days and be willing to work as needed

• Willing to listen to feedback and grow

• Recommend new patients to our offices

• Refer new staff to the recruiting team

• Volunteer for our events, social work, and marketing efforts

• Take greater ownership of patient, room, and instrument flow to help keep providers on schedule.

• Monitor operatory supplies and equipment and proactively address shortages or issues before they disrupt patient care.

• Train and support Dental Assistant I and Sterilization Technician team members on clinical workflows, room turnover, sterilization, and Company standards.

• Serve as a senior clinical-support resource for Dental Assistant I–II and Sterilization Technician team members.

• Help onboard new dentists and assistants into Clove's clinical workflows and standards.

• Train and onboard DA I, DA II, and RDA I team members on back-office workflows.

Employment Information

Benefits

Eligible employees may have access to Company-sponsored benefits, which may include medical, dental, paid sick leave, paid time off, holiday benefits, retirement benefits, employee dental benefits, bonus or incentive opportunities, and other benefits made available to similarly situated employees. Eligibility, waiting periods, coverage, and other terms are governed by the applicable benefit plans and Company policies, which may be amended from time to time subject to applicable law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Clove Dental is an equal opportunity employer. We make employment decisions without unlawful discrimination, harassment, or retaliation based on any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Clove Dental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities, medical conditions, religious needs, and other legally protected accommodation needs. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may contact admin@clovedds.com.

California Fair Chance Act

Clove Dental will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act. Applicants are not required to disclose criminal history or participate in a criminal background check before a conditional offer of employment, except where otherwise permitted or required by law. Any post-offer consideration of conviction history will be handled in accordance with applicable law.

Applicant Privacy

Clove Dental collects and uses applicant personal information for recruiting, evaluating applicants, hiring, credentialing, background and reference checks, healthcare exclusion screening, legal and regulatory compliance, security, and related employment-administration purposes. Information may include identifiers, contact information, employment and education history, professional credentials, application materials, references, compensation information, and other information relevant to the application process.

Clove Dental does not sell applicant personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. Additional information regarding the categories of personal information collected, purposes of collection and use, retention, sensitive personal information, and applicable privacy rights is available in Clove Dental’s Notice at Collection of Personal Information for Applicants and Employees, available at https://clovedds.com/privacy. Privacy requests may be submitted to admin@clovedds.com.

At-Will Employment

Employment with Clove Dental is at-will unless otherwise expressly provided in a written agreement signed by an authorized Company representative. This means that either the employee or Clove Dental may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or advance notice, subject to applicable law. Nothing in this job posting constitutes a contract or guarantee of employment for any particular duration.

Licensure and Employment Conditions

Where applicable, employment is conditioned upon maintenance of required licenses, registrations, certifications, professional credentials, work authorization, lawful background or reference verification, healthcare exclusion screening, and completion of required onboarding and compliance requirements. Clove Dental reserves the right to modify or withdraw this posting, position, compensation range, schedule, location, duties, benefits, or other terms prospectively based on business needs and applicable law. Nothing in this posting limits rights that cannot lawfully be waived.

About Our Practice

Bliss Dental is a growing, modern dental practice dedicated to providing high-quality, ethical dentistry in a friendly and welcoming environment.

We value professionalism, teamwork, and patient comfort. Our office maintains a positive, supportive, and respectful atmosphere where temporary team members feel just as welcome as our permanent staff.

Position Overview

We are looking for a dependable and patient-focused Temporary Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) to join our team for a one-day assignment on October 29, 2026.

The ideal candidate is clinically confident, organized, and committed to providing excellent patient care. We maintain a well-structured schedule with reasonable appointment times to ensure quality care without unnecessary pressure.

Responsibilities

• Perform adult and pediatric prophylaxis
• Complete periodontal charting and clinical documentation
• Provide periodontal maintenance and light scaling and root planing (SRP) as indicated
• Conduct oral cancer screenings
• Take digital X-rays using Nomad and digital sensors
• Educate patients on oral hygiene and preventive care
• Maintain a clean, organized, and properly sterilized operatory
• Collaborate effectively with the dentist and clinical team

Requirements

• Active California RDH license
• Current CPR/BLS certification
• Experience with digital charting (Open Dental preferred, but not required)
• Spanish/English bilingual preferred, but not required
• Excellent communication and patient care skills
• Professional, friendly, and dependable
• Punctual and comfortable working independently

Compensation

• Competitive hourly or daily rate based on experience
• Flexible payment options — same-week payment or immediately after the shift, if preferred

Interested?

We'd love to hear from you! Please reach out with your availability, experience, and expected hourly or daily rate.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Bliss Dental team!

Our Vision

Our modern facility serves as a hub for comprehensive oral health services, combining advanced technology with warm, personal care. Our team embraces continuous learning and collaborative problem-solving to deliver truly exceptional patient outcomes.

Professional Growth Opportunity

Join our forward-thinking practice where every team member plays a vital role in shaping our success. We seek individuals who thrive in dynamic environments and are passionate about staying at the forefront of dental care. Whether you're early in your career or looking for a new challenge, we offer the resources and support needed to achieve professional excellence.

Core Duties

• Implement and maintain established practice policies and procedures
• Support continuous learning and professional development within the team
• Contribute to maintaining a clean, organized, and safe working environment

Who We Are

We are a modern, patient-focused dental practice committed to providing exceptional oral healthcare services to our community. Our state-of-the-art facility features advanced technology and equipment, creating an ideal environment for delivering high-quality dental care. Our team values compassion, professionalism, and continuous learning, ensuring our patients receive the best possible experience.

Who We're Looking For

We're seeking a highly motivated Dental Hygienist who shares our commitment to excellence in patient care. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. Previous experience in a similar setting is preferred, though we welcome recent graduates from accredited programs who demonstrate enthusiasm and dedication to their craft.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service and support to patients and colleagues
• Maintain strict adherence to infection control and safety protocols
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver seamless patient experiences

Our Vision

Our modern facility serves as a hub for comprehensive oral health services, combining advanced technology with warm, personal care. Our team embraces continuous learning and collaborative problem-solving to deliver truly exceptional patient outcomes.

Professional Growth Opportunity

Join our forward-thinking practice where every team member plays a vital role in shaping our success. We seek individuals who thrive in dynamic environments and are passionate about staying at the forefront of dental care. Whether you're early in your career or looking for a new challenge, we offer the resources and support needed to achieve professional excellence.

Core Duties

• Implement and maintain established practice policies and procedures
• Support continuous learning and professional development within the team
• Contribute to maintaining a clean, organized, and safe working environment