Preventative Dental Assistant

Preventative Dental Assistant FT, 30-35/hr with benefits.

This is a new type of assistant position created by the Virginia Legislature and the Virginia Board of Dentistry this year.

Applicant must have graduated from a dental assisting program that is certified by the commission on dental accreditation and have a certificate proving so. Applicant must have completed over 1800 hours of clinical experience. These are State of Virginia requirements. They are not negotiable. Applicants that are expanded duty assistants, or foreign trained dentists, that are working as assistants and have experience scaling teeth, or using a cavitron, will get preference, as well as those with softdent experience.

After you have completed the number of cases(20) required by law, working for us, we will officially certify you as a Preventative Dental Assistant and provide you with a letter stating as much.

Main Responsibilities: Provide supragingival scaling and/or cavitroning of the patients teeth, take all required xrays, review medical history, assist the dentist during the examination and during some procedures, if necessary. Clean and maintain your operatory and sterilize your instruments, schedule your patients next recall appt.

This is a large friendly team oriented office with 20+ employees. The average employee has has been here over 5 years and we have 8 employees that have been here over 10 years. It is a friendly place and we are here to help you. We want to find a friendly, eager, patient oriented individual to add to our team for this exciting new position. Punctuality and good patient communication skills are required. If you have these traits and are looking for a long term home this may be the practice for you. The practice is privately owned and is not part of any DSO, DMO, or large corporation.

Pay: $30.00 - $35.00 per hour

Expected hours: 35.0 – 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person