Dental Assistant, Penn Dental Medicine, Personalized Care Suite

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The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

Posted Job Title

Dental Assistant, Penn Dental Medicine, Personalized Care Suite

Job Profile Title

Dental Assistant C

Job Description Summary

Dental Assistants with Penn Dental Medicine’s Personalized Care Suite are responsible for providing and supervising direct chairside assistance, clinical supervision and support of pre-doctoral and post-doctoral dental students, taking radiographs, and assisting with patient behavior support plans. Experience in supporting dental care delivery including preparation of treatment rooms, setting up patient instruments and materials, passing instruments and performing procedures in compliance with the dental practice is required of the role. Comfort with treating patients including but not limited to individuals with complex medical concerns, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, behavioral, emotional and cognitive limitations is a must.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

PATIENT EXPERIENCE

• Supervise patient preparation for dental treatment by observing and assisting students with welcoming, comforting, seating, draping the patient and obtaining/updating medical history and patient vitals. Supervise and aid dental students in developing and creating patient environment consistent with patient behavior support plans.
• Educate and motivate patients by giving oral hygiene and plaque control instructions, demonstrate effective communication to bridge the gap between a pending treatment plan and a completed treatment plan, provides postoperative instructions and assists in scheduling subsequent visits.
• Provides information to patients and employees by answering questions and requests.
• Assist with medical immobilization and/or protective stabilization as needed and outlined in patient behavior support plans.
• Demonstrate competence in four-handed dentistry technique, level of knowledge & proficiency in use of current dental materials, instruments and equipment. Provides materials by assisting students in the proper selection, mixing,