Market evidence report — dental-hygienist

Source: 52 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 52), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	43	83 %
n/a	9	17 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	dental practice software	8	15 %
2	EPIC healthcare records	4	8 %
3	Open Dental	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	patient education	18	35 %
2	dental hygiene	13	25 %
3	dental cleaning	11	21 %
4	charting	10	19 %
5	patient assessment	10	19 %
6	patient screening	10	19 %
7	fluoride application	9	17 %
8	oral hygiene education	9	17 %
9	scaling and polishing	8	15 %
10	x-ray imaging	7	13 %
11	x-ray usage	7	13 %
12	radiography	6	12 %
13	scaling and root planing	6	12 %
14	treatment planning	6	12 %
15	oral health education	5	10 %
16	preventive dental care	5	10 %
17	prophylactic treatment	5	10 %
18	sealant application	5	10 %
19	infection control	4	8 %
20	patient record maintenance	4	8 %
21	periodontal health assessment	4	8 %
22	scaling	4	8 %
23	dental assessment	3	6 %
24	dental prophylaxis	3	6 %
25	fluoride treatments	3	6 %
26	instrument sterilization	3	6 %
27	oral cancer screening	3	6 %
28	periodontal assessment	3	6 %
29	periodontal maintenance	3	6 %
30	polishing	3	6 %
31	preventive care	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	hipaa compliance	10	19 %
2	infection control	5	10 %
3	osha compliance	5	10 %
4	Mouth Body Connection	4	8 %
5	osha training	4	8 %
6	Perfect Patient Experience (PPE)	4	8 %
7	We Believe Behavioral Framework	4	8 %
8	infection control protocols	3	6 %
9	patient-centered care	3	6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	patient education	11	21 %
2	patient care	7	13 %
3	patient relationship building	7	13 %
4	dentist support	6	12 %
5	oral hygiene education	6	12 %
6	patient history review	6	12 %
7	quality care provision	6	12 %
8	patient comfort assurance	5	10 %
9	infection control	4	8 %
10	medical history review	4	8 %
11	patient communication	4	8 %
12	patient experience creation	4	8 %
13	patient record maintenance	4	8 %
14	team meeting participation	4	8 %
15	building patient relationships	3	6 %
16	clinical support	3	6 %
17	dental hygiene treatment	3	6 %
18	schedule management	3	6 %
19	team collaboration	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 52 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

52 ads.

Top hard skills:

patient education — 35 % (18 ads)
dental hygiene — 25 % (13 ads)
dental cleaning — 21 % (11 ads)
charting — 19 % (10 ads)
patient assessment — 19 % (10 ads)
patient screening — 19 % (10 ads)
fluoride application — 17 % (9 ads)
oral hygiene education — 17 % (9 ads)
scaling and polishing — 15 % (8 ads)
x-ray imaging — 13 % (7 ads)

Top tools:

dental practice software — 15 % (8 ads)
EPIC healthcare records — 8 % (4 ads)
Open Dental — 6 % (3 ads)
Curodont — 4 % (2 ads)
Dentrix — 4 % (2 ads)
digital scanning — 4 % (2 ads)
high resolution digital imaging — 4 % (2 ads)
iTero — 4 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 83 % · n/a 17 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)