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The St. Louis VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Dental Hygienist (Advanced Clinical) in the Dental service. The Dental Hygienist (Advanced Clinical) is responsible for performing advanced patient assessments/clinical evaluations, prophylaxis in complex restorative cases, advanced scaling and root planing, and management of medically and/or behaviorally compromised patients, and collaboration with other disciplines. At this level, dental hygienists are advanced-level practitioners. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Education Applicants must possess an Associate degree or higher from an accredited dental hygiene program. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved programs are: (1) Dental hygi