Dental Assistants

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Dental Assistants are critical to the overall operations of our dental practices. The dental assistant's primary responsibility is to support the dentists and hygienists who provide the clinical care to our patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Prepares treatment room for patient by following prescribed procedures and protocols.
• Prepares patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting and seating patient with proper draping
• Provides diagnostic information by taking x-rays and intra oral pictures
• Chart patient information and other clinical duties, enter treatment plan and update necessary patient information on file.
• Sterilization of instruments and delivering instruments to treatment area
• Maintains patient appearance and ability to masticate by fabricating temporary restorations; cleaning and polishing removable appliances.
• Educates patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control, and postoperative instructions.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.

Other Duties :

Expectations :

Meet daily goal set for doctor use the "Standards of Care" as a guideline for treatment required, and the Healthy Mouth Baseline as a comparison. Assist in identifying treatment required for patients, and monitor the results. Educate patients on conditions present, consequences of not moving forward and treatment solutions recommended.