Gold Coast study options include:
Job Demand: Medium
Average weekly wage: $1,990
Where you could work:
Dentists: Totally Teeth, Oasis Dental Studio
Queensland Health: Gold Coast University Hospital
Dental Hygienists do the following tasks:
- 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