Certified Dental Assistant

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Dental Assistant will provide both clinical and administrative support in a dental office under the supervision of a Dentist, to prepare equipment that will be used in dentistry procedures and to ready patients for dental process. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Included but not limited to the following).

• Preparation      of the treatment/clinical area
• Cleans      and Sterilizes instruments and handpieces
• Passes      instruments to the dentist or hygienist (Single- or Two-handed technique)
• Proper      use of High-Volume Evacuator with the Oral Cavity
• Preparation      of Restorative Materials
• Performs      simple laboratory procedures such as the pouring and trimming of study      models
• Maintains      supplies and equipment (stocks and replenishes supplies)
• Monitors      inventory
• Assesses      emergency situations, aware of emergency protocols, knowledge of First      Aid, CPR
• Assists      in maintain emergency drug kits
• Ability      to interpret Material Safety Data Sheets
• Conducts      spore/biological indicator tests
• Records      data on patient’s record or chart as directed DDS
• Patient      and community education on oral health (extra-oral)
• Instructs      in the care and maintenance of pre-fitted appliances
• Exposes,      processes, and mount radiographs as specified by HARP
• Obtains      Vital Signs
• Mechanical      polishing of coronal portion of the teeth
• Taking      of preliminary impressions of teeth for study models
• Topical      application of anti-cariogenic agents
• Oral      hygiene instruction with an intra-oral component
• Dietary      counseling relative to dentistry
• Application      of materials topically to prepare the surface of the surface of the teeth      for pit and fissure sealants
• Application      of pit and fissure sealants
• Application      of topical anesthetics
• Application      of desensitizing agents
• Whitening      of the coronal portion of the teeth using materials generally available to      the public without prescription
• Polishing      restorations
• Oral      irrigation
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Requirements

• Patient      reception and dismissal
• Appointment      book control and maintain recall system
• Blocks      out times for reserved emergency and new appointments
• Maintains      and control business area
• Handles      all incoming call promptly and efficiently
• Patient      follow-up treatment calls
• Public      relations
• Bookkeeping
• Manages      receivables and payables
• Prepares      and balance bank deposits on daily basis
• Maintains      financial records
• Incoming      mail, invoices, packing slips and statements (forward to appropriate      person for verification and/or payment)
• Maintains      file system
• Orders      and receive supplies
• Performs      required part of consultation
• Reviews      medical history and explains office policies and procedures
• Makes      a definite financial agreement with each patient/guardian in accordance      with the financial policies of the office. Prepares financial agreement      for each patient.
• Monitors      patient progress through each treatment
• Helps      to co-ordinate practice building and public relations efforts with      patients, parents and referring professionals
• Prints      and proofreads patients’ correspondence
• Keeps      treatment acceptance rates within practice goals
• Ensures      follow-up of “will-advise” and mail-in referrals

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

§ A graduate from a CODA-accredited dental assisting program and at least two years of experience working as a chairside dental assistant.

§ Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.

WORKING CONDITIONS

§ Clinical Setting.