What does a Oral Hygienist do?
Provides preventive oral care, including cleaning teeth, assessing gum health and educating patients about oral hygiene.
Demand level: High
Oral Hygienist
Provides preventive oral care, including cleaning teeth, assessing gum health and educating patients about oral hygiene. Explore current demand, important skills and estimated junior, mid-level and senior salaries, plus 2 linked programmes across 1 university. Enter your subjects and marks to discover which linked programmes you may qualify for.
Check which programmes I qualify forEstimated annual salaries
JuniorR280 000 p.a.Mid-levelR420 000 p.a.SeniorR600 000 p.a.
Salary figures are estimates and may vary by employer, experience, qualifications, location and economic conditions.
Skills linked to this career
Infection control · EssentialPatient education · EssentialPreventive dental care · EssentialClinical assessment · ImportantCommunication · ImportantProgrammes linked to this career
These are some of the programmes currently connected to this career in VX Course Match.
Bachelor of Oral Health Sciences (Oral Hygiene) — University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Oral Health Sciences (Oral Hygiene) (BOHS) — University of the Witwatersrand
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What does a Oral Hygienist do?
Provides preventive oral care, including cleaning teeth, assessing gum health and educating patients about oral hygiene.
What skills are important for this career?
Important skills include Infection control, Patient education, Preventive dental care, Clinical assessment, Communication.
What salary can I expect?
VX provides junior, mid-level and senior annual salary estimates. Actual earnings vary by employer, experience, qualifications, location and economic conditions.
Which programmes can lead to this career?
2 linked programmes are currently available in the VX database. Use Course Match to see which ones fit your subjects and marks.