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Dental Hygienists

Tools and Technology


Tools Include:

  • Dental laboratory air abrasion units (Air abrasion equipment)
  • Teeth cleaning devices or accessories (Air-driven dental polishers)
  • Teeth cleaning devices or accessories (Air/water syringes)
  • Amalgam carriers
  • Dental cutting or separating discs (Angle formers)
  • Dental syringes or needles or syringes with needles (Aspirating syringes)
  • Steam autoclaves or sterilizers (Autoclaves)
  • Dental scalers or accessories (Autoscalars)
  • Dental bite blocks or wings or tabs (Bite wings)
  • Dental probes (Calculus explorers)
  • Dental lasers (Caries detection aids)
  • Dental probes (Caries explorers)
  • Dental scalers or accessories (Cavitron equipment)
  • Scanners (Computer scanners)
  • Dental tongs (Cotton pliers)
  • Dental examination chairs or related parts or accessories (Dental chairs)
  • Dental scalers or accessories (Dental curettes)
  • Dental lasers
  • Dental syringes or needles or syringes with needles (Dental needles)
  • Teeth cleaning devices or accessories (Dental polishers)
  • Dental film processors (Dental x ray development equipment)
  • Dental x ray units (Dental x ray machines)
  • Digital cameras
  • Dental x ray units (Digital dental x ray units)
  • Electronic blood pressure units
  • Dental hygiene instruments (Electronic calculus detectors)
  • Medical radiation films or badges (Film badges)
  • Dental scalers or accessories (Hand scalers)
  • Dental scalers or accessories (Hollow handle scalars)
  • Dental impression trays (Impression trays)
  • Dental instrument sharpening accessories (Instrument sharpening devices)
  • Digital cameras (Intraoral dental cameras)
  • Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes (Lead aprons)
  • Mercury blood pressure units (Manual blood pressure cuffs)
  • Dental matrices or sets (Matrices/matrix retainers)
  • Dental amalgamators (Mechanical mixers)
  • Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories (Mechanical stethoscopes)
  • Mercury blood pressure units
  • Microscope slides
  • Teeth cleaning devices or accessories (Motor-driven dental polishers)
  • Dental probes (Nabers furcation probes)
  • Dental lasers (Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG dental lasers)
  • Oxygen therapy delivery system products accessories or its supplies (Nitrous oxide administration equipment)
  • Notebook computers
  • Oxygen therapy delivery system products accessories or its supplies (Oxygen administration equipment)
  • Dental x ray units (Panoramic dental x ray units)
  • Dental radiology film (Periapical films)
  • Dental probes (Periodontal probes)
  • Personal computers
  • Dental x ray units (Portable dental x ray units)
  • Dental pulp or vitality testers (Pulp testers)
  • Dental operatory retraction cords (Retraction cords)
  • Attachments or replacement parts for dental instruments (Rotating caps)
  • Dental dam supplies (Rubber dams)
  • Dental saliva ejectors or oral suction devices or supplies (Saliva ejectors)
  • Dental scalers or accessories (Solid handle scalars)
  • Dental saliva ejectors or oral suction devices or supplies (Suctioning equipment)
  • Dental scalers or accessories (Ultrasonic scalers)
  • Ultrasonic cleaning equipment (Ultrasonic sterilization units)

Technologies Include:

  • Accounting software
  • Dental billing software
  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Scheduling software
  • Electronic mail software
  • Email software
  • Internet browser software
  • Web browser software
  • Inventory management software
  • Inventory management software
  • Medical software
  • Dental charting software
  • Dental clinical records software
  • Dental digital radiology software
  • Dental imaging software
  • Dental intra-oral imaging software
  • Dental office management software
  • Henry Schein Dentrix software
  • Voice-activated perio charting software
  • Word processing software
  • Word processing software



The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.

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