Dental Assistant

The Dental Assistant participates in providing dental care to patients in a Federally Qualified Health Center. The work involves chair-side assistance, preparation of restorative materials and medications, sterilization of dental instruments, laboratory work, patient scheduling, and record keeping.

Requirements

• Assists dentist chair-side by delivering and receiving dental instruments, restorative and impression materials, and medications.
• Mixes and prepares the proper solutions, restorative materials, and/or medications for the procedures to be performed.
• Cleans and sterilizes dental instruments using an autoclave or cold sterilization technique.
• Performs laboratory work such as preparing impression material, pouring impressions, preparing models, making base plates, performing minor prosthetic repairs, trimming, and polishing prosthetics.
• Takes X-rays, processes, labels, and stores X-ray film.
• Takes inventory of dental instruments and supplies.
• Logs all treatment data and maintains patient records.
• Answers telephone and schedules appointments.
• Orders necessary dental supplies.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• STD
• LTD
• Flexible Spending Account
• 403B
• 14 Paid Holidays