Dental Assistant

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide knowledgeable assistance to the treating dentist.
• Assume responsibility for initial dental laboratory needs.
• Maintain diagnostic and treatment records.
• Perform and/or conduct a variety of routine and non-routine technical procedures while providing direct chair-side assistance to the treating dentist.
• Takes intra-oral, and pantographic x-ray films of dental patients at the direction of the treating dentist.
• Places and removes temporary crowns, takes dental impressions, and places dental and conditioning materials at the direction of the treating dentist.
• Performs required laboratory work, trims and pours diagnostic models, fabricates temporaries, baseplates and templates for crown and bridge work, writes laboratory prescription, prepares models for mailing to outside laboratory technicians.
• Regular and prompt attendance at work.
• Clean and maintain equipment used in procedures.
• Maintain organized tray set-up for the treating dentist.
• Assure the sterile condition of rooms.

Qualifications

• Certificate as a Dental Assistant from a college or technical school.
• X-ray Certification (Required).
• Customer service experience.
• Three-six months related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience (Preferred).