Job Opportunities
1.29.08
We are currently hiring for a Dental
Assistant!
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays!
The Dental Assistant is a vital member of the dental health team. The Dental
Assistant will work along side the dentist and assist with a variety of dental
services. As a dental assistant, you will enjoy a broad range of exciting and
challenging duties.
The main duties of the Dental Assistant include:
- make patients as comfortable as possible in the dental chair
- prepare them for treatment and obtain dental records
- collecting and recording patient health histories
- hand instruments and materials to dentists and keep patients' mouths dry
and clear by using suction or other devices
- sterilize and disinfect instruments and equipment
- prepare tray setups for dental procedures
- go over and hand written instructions on postoperative and general oral
health care to patients
- sometimes prepare materials for making impressions and restorations
- expose radiographs and process dental x-ray film as directed by a
dentist
- sometimes remove sutures
- apply anesthetics to gums or cavity-preventive agents to teeth
- remove excess cement used in the filling process and place rubber dams
on the teeth to isolate them for individual treatment
- make casts of the teeth and mouth from impressions
- clean and polish removable appliances
- make temporary crowns
On a typical day a dental assistant who performs
office duties will:
- schedule and confirm appointments
- receive patients
- keep treatment records
- send bills and receive payments
- order supplies and materials
Skills / Requirements :
- DENTAL EXPERIENCE ONLY 2+ YEARS
- X-ray certification is necessary
- Invisalign
- Intra Oral Camera
- Dexis (Digital X-rays)
- Dentrix Software
- Caesy (Education System for Patients)
- Laser Dentistry
Our office needs a person with experience who can multi-task!!
Please e-mail your resume at
drmspeak@ameritech.net |
