Dental Assistant

Our growing private practice is in need of a dental assistant. You will help with preparing patients, sterilizing instruments, setting up rooms, and some dental hygiene tasks. To do well in this role you should have a dental x-ray certification and provide a great level of patient care.

Our office has a great atmosphere, and our work ethic is high. We would like someone with a team player personality, open to providing dental assistance in all areas of Dentistry, including Implants, Root canals, Extractions, Invisalign, and digital dentistry!

Schedule:

• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday : 8:30-5pm, Friday 8:00-2pm.

Dental Assistant Responsibilities:

• Preparing patients for dental work.
• Helping with infection control by sterilizing and disinfecting instruments, setting up instrument trays, preparing materials, and assisting with dental procedures.
• Providing great patient care.
• Recording treatment information in patient records.
• Be proficient in Digital Xray taking.
• Be able to take CT scans and Panoramic.
• Be able to 3D Scan full mouth.
• Giving patients information on dental hygiene, oral health care, and plaque control programs.
• Collecting and recording medical and dental histories and patient vital signs.
• Providing postoperative instructions as directed by the dentist.
• Caring for dental equipment.
• Forming preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
• Ordering dental supplies and maintaining dental equipment inventory. Fabricating temporary restorations and custom impressions from preliminary impressions.

Dental Assistant Requirements:

• Certification or associate degree in an accredited dental assisting program.
• Dental x-ray certification.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience using computers for a variety of tasks.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Consistently professional appearance and attitude.
• Able to provide great patient care.
• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.