Dental Assistant

Dental Assistant – Baltimore, MD

Join Benevis as a Dental Assistant (
DA
) and help deliver compassionate, high‑quality dental care while supporting a team committed to building healthy smiles in the community.

$18.00/hr – $25.00/hr

As a core member of the dental team, you’ll assist the dentist and hygienists with procedures, patient preparation, equipment sterilization, and administrative support. You’ll also represent our mission in the community through events and outreach.

• Deliver quality and compassionate care to every patient.
• Guide parents of minors and patients through our processes before treatment.
• Educate patients in oral hygiene instruction and provide postoperative instructions.
• Prepare patients for examination and treatment.
• Take & save x‑rays to patient charts (location dependent).
• Ensure operational readiness of hygiene bays and operatory rooms.
• Prepare tray set‑ups for dental procedures.
• Mix amalgam, cement, pulp paste and prepare impression materials.
• Sterilize and disinfect instruments, equipment, chairs, and rooms.
• Assist professional staff with treatment: document patient information, aid suctioning, hold retractors, cut sutures during surgery, pour/trim/polish casts, fabricate custom trays.
  • Document patient information, treatment plans, and procedures in patient chart.
  • Assist with suctioning, holding retractors and suture cutting during surgical procedures.
  • Pour, trim and polish impression casts.
  • Fabricate custom impression trays.
• Adhere to all government regulations, company standards, and compliance programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED.
• X‑ray certification preferred per state regulations.
• Dental Assistant certification preferred.
• Bi‑lingual Spanish a plus (location dependent).
• Commitment to integrity and compliance with all standards.

• Competitive compensation.
• Monthly office‑performance bonuses.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package:
  Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with match, FSA, PTO, holidays.
• Continuing education reimbursement.
• Company‑provided certification training (CPR, Radiology, Nitrous Oxide, etc.).
• Reimbursement for eligible training/testing expenses.

We value teamwork, mutual respect, and cooperation. We do not practice unlawful discrimination, including harassment, and we do not tolerate it in our workplace. Discrimination is prohibited on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.