Specialty Registered Dental Assistant
Rodeo Dental & Orthodontics · Fort Worth, TX · 1 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
About the role
We are Rodeo! Rodeo Dental & Orthodontics is one of the fastest growing, multi-specialty dental groups in the country. The company’s team of 100+ award-winning doctors provide a full range of general dentistry, orthodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, and board-certified pediatric dental services Rodeo locations throughout the United States. We are looking for a Specialty Registered Dental Assistant for our Fort Worth location.
Responsibilities
- End of week inventory to be provided to Lead DA to replenish inventory
- Making Patient Safety and Team Safety the number one priority
- Adhering to OSHA and Infection Control Protocols
- Maintaining and upkeeping digital patient information
- Preparing tray set-ups according to doctor preferences and planned procedures
- Keep exam rooms clean, disinfected, organized, and stocked according to the required standards at the beginning and end of each treatment
- Educating patients and parents on the benefits of good oral health
- Monitoring the patient's physical and emotional well-being during the entire visit
- Reviewing the patient chart and health history prior to the doctor arrival and reconfirming the patient's chief concern
- Taking diagnostic quality X-Rays and attaching them to the patient chart
- Helping the Rodeo Team maintain office cleanliness and IC protocol
- Completing daily assignments
- Monitoring and recording patient vital signs
- Suctioning, cutting sutures, and holding retractors
- Mixing amalgam, cement, and pulp paste and preparing impression materials
- Pouring, trimming, and polishing impression trays
- Assisting with bonding, banding, adjusting, and debonding orthodontic patients
- Placing and cementing bands
- Setting up orthodontic brackets and removing excess cement from brackets and bands
- Making retainers, bleaching trays, and impressions
- Maintaining crash cart equipment and supplies
- Working with oral and IV sedated patients in office and hospital settings
- Providing excellent chairside assistance and anticipating next steps to stay in constant mental synchronization with the doctor
- Ensuring the patient and parent comprehends the post-op instructions
Note: A review of this description has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and requirements