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Dental Assistant - Expanded Function

Dental Assistant - Expanded Function

LA CLINICA DEL VALLEMedford, OR, United States
22 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

EFDA Dental Assistant

East Medford Dental Clinic

Full-Time / Hourly

Wage : $22.50-$30.50 (depending on experience and certification)

We're committed to compassionate care for all. Our patients. Our employees. You.

At La Clinica, we love our patients and enthusiastically treat them with the same care, respect, and dignity that we would our friends, family, and neighbors because that's who they are. If this appeals to you, La Clinica might be the right place to build your career. We're looking for the right team members to treat our patients with this level of care.

We extend our commitment to compassionate care to our employees as well. We invest in our employees' lives through competitive pay, comprehensive benefits packages, easy access to wellness, personal and professional development workshops, and a focus on healthy work-life harmony. Check out our careers page to learn more about why our employees love working at La Clinica.

The EFDA Dental Assistant is responsible for supporting dental care delivery by preparing treatment room, patient, instruments, and materials; passing instruments and materials; performing procedures in compliance with the dental practice act.

Responsibilities include the following :

  • Set up instruments and equipment for treatment / exams and room the patient.
  • Sterilize / disinfect op rooms and instruments (while working with sterile department).
  • Passing instruments while assisting doctor in procedures and placing rubber dams.
  • Take impressions, pour models, trim models, and make custom trays.
  • Utilize software in taking radiographs, updating medical history, treatment planning, and chart noting.
  • Prepare and explain treatment plan and fees associated as sliding scale or insurance allows.
  • Give patient oral hygiene instructions and post op instructions after dental procedures.
  • Use excel with lab tracking and the OHA Dental Rulebook Guide Tool.
  • Remove supra gingival cement from crowns or bridges with hand instruments.
  • Polish coronal surfaces of teeth with brush or rubber cup as part of oral prophylaxis.
  • Preliminary fit crowns to check contacts and adjust occlusion outside the mouth.
  • Remove temporary crowns and clean teeth for final cementation.
  • Place matrix bands.
  • Polish amalgam or composite restorations with slow speed headpiece.
  • Fabricate temporary crowns and cement.
  • Preform teeth whitening procedures by fabricating bleaching trays.
  • Scheduling and confirming appointments, scrubbing the schedule, completing task manager.
  • Prepare insurance forms (OHP waivers, pre-authorizations, referrals)
  • Prepare consent forms prior to dental treatment.
  • Triage patient calls and messages within the same day.
  • Checking emails.
  • Copying and sending lab invoices to finance after documenting in lab tracking sheet.
  • Check "Go Back" area throughout the day to put away instruments.
  • Stalking rooms on days allowed
  • Working on completing goal or tier work.
  • Check on walk outs completed for the day.
  • Clean lines and replace traps, oil couplers, shock lines, change gauze on dental unit for oil collection.
  • Check for lab cases for the next day, and document in lab tracking.
  • Log off software, empty water bottles, turn off equipment, flush water lines, and raise dental chairs.

Education and / or Experience :

Required :

  • Minimum : High School Diploma or GED.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills
  • Skilled at using electronic health records as applicable to area of work
  • Oregon Board Radiology Certified
  • Oregon EFDA Certified
  • The employee shall have a valid Oregon driver's license and insurance
  • Current CPR / BLS certification (or obtain within 3 months of hire).
  • Preferred :

  • Sealant certified
  • Soft reline certified.
  • Basic knowledge of adult learning models
  • Equity Statement :

    At La Clinica, we commit to engage everyone in a welcoming, respectful, and loving way and to maintain the dignity and value of all people above everything else. These standards align with our organization's vision of absolute excellence, open-hearted community, and well-being for all.

    For more information, please visit our website at :

    Applications will be reviewed by the appropriate Department for interview; those selected must be able to provide proof of legal right to work in this country. La Clinica is a drug free work environment. Equal Opportunity Employer. La Clinica complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you consider yourself disabled and desire assistance in the application process, please contact the Human Resources Department.

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