General Dentist
About the role
The general practice dental officer serves as a practicing dentist who performs a full range of professional dental procedures in connection with the treatment of commonly encountered dental diseases or dental health problems requiring standard corrective, restorative, or preventive measures.
The General Dentistry dental officer shall be proficient in all aspects of general dentistry including the ability to perform selected specialty services. The Fredericksburg Veterans Affairs Health Care Center offers a comprehensive range of outpatient services for Veterans in the Northern Virginia and Central Virginia area — including Primary Care, Rehabilitative, Dental, Medical and Surgical specialty care, basic radiology, and Mental Health services. The establishment of this new health care center is part of the Central Virginia VA Health Care System and the Veterans Health Administration's initiative to enhance access to care for Veterans — thereby providing them with more healthcare options within their communities and fulfilling the mission to deliver exemplary care to our Nation's Heroes.
Responsibilities
- Make oral and radiographic examinations of the oral cavity and its adjacent tissues and structures
- Diagnose pathological or irregular oral conditions
- Administer local anesthesia
- Perform routine and complex restoration of teeth
- Perform simple and complex extractions of teeth
- Perform alveoloplasty and other routine surgical procedures
- Perform prosthetic dentistry to include removable complete dentures, removable partial dentures, crowns, fixed bridge work, and implant supported prostheses
- Perform routine endodontic procedures on single and multi-canal teeth
- Perform routine and surgical procedures within the scope of a general dentist
Schedule
Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Telework: Not Authorized
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized