DENTAL ASSISTANT School of Dental Medicine Dental Health Center
DENTAL ASSISTANT School of Dental Medicine Dental Health Center
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Job Description
The Dental Assistant provides clinical support by assisting the dentist in various dental procedures exposing radiographs taking impressions fabricating and cementing temporary crowns ensuring optimal patient comfort sterilizing instruments practicing infection control and OSHA standards in the operatory prior during and after said procedures. Ensures assigned operatories are cleaned and disinfected.
Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Collect patient data be reviewing medical history taking blood pressure and pulse and charting clinical findings as directed by the dentist
- Contacts patients as needed and reviews schedules for optimal utilizations
- Reviews and enters treatment plans
- Organizes lab cases by monitoring completion dates
- Ensures each assigned operatory is setup and ready prior to seeing each patient
- Provides patient education by giving pre and post operative instructions including oral hygiene instructions
- May be responsible for the ordering supplies as needed
Required Skills
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color natural or protective hairstyle religion sex age national origin physical or mental disability sexual orientation gender identity genetic information military service pregnancy or pregnancyrelated condition or because of marital parental or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Employment Type
Full-Time
