Dental Hygienist
Carries out preventative dental procedures under the direction of a Dentist. Registration or licensing is required.
ANZSCO 2013, the edition the department applies to the points tested visas (189, 190 and 491).
Duties
Published for unit group 4112 Dental Hygienists, Technicians and Therapists
- providing educational programs to motivate children, parents and the community in matters relating to oral health
- providing fluoride therapy by applying remineralising solutions and desensitising agents
- removing deposits from teeth
- applying non-invasive fissure sealants to teeth
- taking impressions of the mouth
- taking dental radiographs
- administering local anaesthesia by infiltration and mandibular nerve block
- fabricating full and partial dentures
- constructing mouth guards, crowns, metal clasps, inlays, bridgework and other aids
- repairing and relining denture bases
This is what the occupation is, not what a skills assessment requires. The assessing body applies its own criteria on top of this, and those criteria are not published here. Check them with the body itself.
Who assesses this occupation
Last confirmed against the department's list on 9 September 2026.
Open roles at approved sponsors
5open roles at employers on an official sponsorship list have the words “Dental Hygienist” in the job title, read from the employers' own job boards on 26 September 2026.
Being on a list means the employer holds an approval to sponsor, not that every role it advertises comes with sponsorship. The roles, and what each ad says about sponsorship, are in Vizard Jobs.
Where Dental Hygienist stands right now
Vizard tracks the queue for this occupation: how many people are waiting at every points score for the 491, the recent invitation round cutoffs, and how far down the queue your own score puts you.
Updated to 1 August 2026, from the department's own SkillSelect data.
See where you standWhere this comes from
Definition and duties: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ANZSCO
Assessing authorities and skilled lists: Department of Home Affairs skilled occupation list
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