Hygienist vs implant coordinator

Differences between hygienist and implant coordinator duties and responsibilities

Hygienist example responsibilities.

• Manage construction and demolition nationwide.
• Perform oral prophylaxis and periodontal maintenance therapy for adult and geriatric patients with active periodontal disease.
• Provide oral prophylactics and scaling and root planing on adults.
• Perform oral prophylaxis, root planing, and soft tissue management.
• Participate in several OSHA inspections for field and plants location from employee complaints.
• Accelerate patient care includes prophylaxis, radiographs, SRP, anesthesia and fluoride.
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Implant coordinator example responsibilities.

• Consult dental implant patients and manage their individual implant information.
• Demonstrate clinical competency and compassion in providing care, using technology, administering medications, performing procedures and managing emergencies.
• Follow JCAHO, AORN, OSHA, FDA, and AAMI, standards and guidelines relative to implants.
• Maintain strict patient confidential- ity via state HIPAA regulations.
• Review patients' medical data and create clinical device reports which include programming changes and recommendations.
• Provide clinical and administrative supervision, as well as training and mentoring for case managers and rehabilitation specialists on assign team.
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