Dental Assistant

Job Description

Job Summary

• Assists dentist, sets up equipment, prepares patients' for treatment, and keeps records.
• Assists other office staff as necessary when not actively performing primary duties

General Accountabilities

• Prepares patient, sterilizes or disinfects instruments and operatories, sets up instrument trays, prepares materials, and assists dentist during dental procedures.
• Records treatment information in patient records.
• Exposes dental diagnostic x-rays.
• Takes and records patients medical and dental histories and vital signs.
• Assists dentist in management of medical or dental emergencies.
• Provides postoperative instructions prescribed by dentist.
• Orders and monitors dental supplies and equipment inventory.
• Takes preliminary impressions and fabricates temporary restorations.
• Takes preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
• Pours, trims, and polishes study casts.
• Cleans and polishes removable appliances.
• Hands off patient to front office staff for scheduling of next appointment(s).
• Assists with regular maintenance of office equipment, monitoring of sterilization efficiency, and compliance with federal/state/local environmental policies
• * The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Job Qualifications

• Education:
  
  Post-secondary certificate from an accredited dental assistant program
• Experience:
  
  1-2 years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Skills

• Instructing
• Service orientation
• Monitoring
• Social perceptiveness
• Critical thinking

We are a husband-wife general dentist team open Monday-Thursday and Fridays by appointment.

We are a husband-wife general dentist team open Monday-Thursday and Fridays by appointment.