Dental Assistant

Join our dynamic dental team as a Dental Assistant, with La Cross Dental, in our Florissant, MO location. Where you'll play a crucial role in providing exceptional patient care. In this rewarding position, you'll support our dentists in delivering top‑notch dental services, ensuring a comfortable and efficient experience for every patient. Your contributions will help maintain a smooth workflow and a positive environment in our practice.

We offer competitive compensation, benefits packages with PTO, paid holidays, employer‑paid life insurance, and 401K with 6% employer matching.

• Welcoming & Seating Patients
• Chair‑side dental assisting and proper charting of treatment
• Taking blood pressure and administering nitrous
• Tray preparation for all procedures, and room turnover between procedures
• Taking x‑rays (PA’s, Pano, FMX)
• Taking alginates, pouring and trimming models, and making custom trays and retainers
• Sterilizing hand pieces and instruments
• Communicating home‑care instructions after procedures and surgeries; walking the patient to the front desk
• Accurately communicating treatment and any necessary follow‑up appointments or instructions to the front desk staff
• General office maintenance and organization as needed

• Dental experience REQUIRED – Expanded Functions experience or EF Certification is a bonus!
• Care Stack, or similar practice management software Experience
• Time management skills: spend your time efficiently while maintaining high quality work and high standards of patient care
• Organized, collaborative, desire to be part of a team working towards common goals

Integrity – Do the right thing, even when it is hard.

Honesty – Keep your promises. Commitment is an action.

Engagement – Be present for one another and our patients.

Respect – Treat people how THEY want to be treated.