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a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners

Dental Procedures

Digital radiography is a form of X-ray imaging, where digital X-ray sensors are used instead of traditional photographic film.

Digital Radiography

Gingivitis is a non-destructive disease that occurs around the teeth.

Gingivitis

Suture removal - involves the removal of sutures from an area such as the back of the head after a hair transplant

Suture Removal

Debridement is the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.

Debridement

the direct oral application of fluoride compounds to reduce the incidence of dental caries.

Fluoride Treatments

Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or nitrous, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula N 2O. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a slightly metallic scent and taste.

Nitrous Oxide

A dental impression is a negative imprint of hard (teeth) and soft tissues in the mouth from which a positive reproduction (or cast) can be formed.

Dental Impressions

Performs routine dental care, including cleaning teeth and examining patients for signs of oral diseases, and educates patients about good oral health practices. Assists dentists in more complex dental procedures. Works in dental offices under the supervision of dentists and other dental health specialists. 

Dental Hygienist

Requires Oral Diseases knowledge. Oral and maxillofacialdiseses refer to the diseases of the mouth (oral cavity or stoma), jaws (maxillae or gnath) and related structures such as salivary glands, temporomandibular joints, facial muscles and perioral skin (the skin around the mouth).

Oral Diseases knowledge

Working experience of Dental Calculus. In dentistry, calculus or tartar is a form of hardened dental plaque. It is caused by precipitation of minerals from saliva and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in plaque on the teeth. This process of precipitation kills the bacterial cells within dental plaque, but the rough and hardened surface that is formed provides an ideal surface for further plaque formation. This leads to calculus buildup, which compromises the health of the gingiva (gums).

Dental Calculus

Plaque control: the removal of dental plaque on a regular basis and the prevention of its accumulation on the teeth and adjacent gingival surfaces.

Plaque Control

Orthodontia, also known as orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, is a specialty field of dentistry.

Orthodontics

Preparing a treatment room, which is a room in a patient care unit, usually in a hospital, in which various treatments or procedures requiring special equipment are performed, such as removing sutures, draining a hematoma, packing a wound, or performing an examination.

Location	Median Salary
New York City, NY	$39.43
National	$34.01
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Location	Median Salary
New York City, NY	$39.43
National	$34.01
Location +/-	14% Higher Search another salary

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