Travel Dental Hygienist with $1,000 signing bonus

Careers Carolinasdentist Lightwavedental

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Hickory, NC, US Until 8/23/2026 First posted September 18, 2025 Last posted September 18, 2025
Job description

About the Practice

Lightwave, founded in 2016, is a high-growth company building the group model for the future of the dental industry. Lightwave is passionate about doing things the right way with a tight focus on high quality, core values, and taking care of their people. Lightwave is a dental leadership organization that focuses on partnering, training and developing dentists as the natural leaders of the dental practice. Lightwave helps dentists launch their careers, supports dentists leading high-growth dental groups, and assists doctors looking to establish their legacy as they transition into retirement. Lightwave is solving the big problems in dentistry: retirement, management, reimbursements, and partnership by providing the benefits of a group while preserving the essence of private practice. Lightwave currently supports over 80 dental offices in 4 states. For additional information, please visit lightwavedental.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Job Description

This position would be traveling to CD practices in both Asheville and Winston Salem. 

Responsibilities

The dental hygienist is responsible for performing licensed hygiene procedures, educating patients, and management of the nonsurgical periodontal program as directed by the dentist.

  • Establish and maintain continued patient care relationships.
  • Verify/document patient health history and educate patients about oral hygiene/health/disease as well as procedures and services offered.
  • Perform clinical hygiene functions including, but not limited to: exposing/evaluating diagnostic x-rays, taking and recording blood pressure, adult/child prophylaxis, non-surgical periodontal therapy, and co-assessing possible restorative treatments with the doctor.
  • Determine needs and perform sealant placement, Arestin, and fluoride treatments as needed.

Qualifications

  • Dental hygiene certification from accredited dental hygiene school.
  • Current hygiene license where employed.
  • Maintain annual OSHA, HIPAA, BLS and infection control training as required by law.
  • Experience with dental software.

Benefits Offered

As a key part of our patient care team, our dental hygienists are offered a substantial benefits package that includes health and dental benefits, long- and short-term disability, life insurance, 401(k) with 4% matching, holiday pay and paid time off, CEs offered at no charge, positive work environment, and hygiene culture coaching.

Salary Range

65-70

Requisition Number

2025-16590
About this role

Summary

Traveling dental hygienist responsible for clinical procedures, patient education, and periodontal management.

Job title

Travel Dental Hygienist

Experience level

certified dental hygienist

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

Hickory, NC, US; remote work not allowed

Salary

65-70

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

dental hygiene certificationlicenseOSHAHIPAABLSinfection controldental software

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

hygiene procedurespatient educationperiodontal therapydental software
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Hickory, NC, USA

On-site City
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