Dental Assistant

Job Description

Job Summary:

• Under the direct supervision of a dentist, assists in examination/treatment.
• Assists during restorative and surgical procedures by setting up appropriate materials and instruments and helps to maintain adequate access to the treatment area.
• The assistant also takes all intraoral and panoramic X-rays, supplies support functions for the dental service, and performs other health-related duties associated with patient care.

General Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Prepares patient and treatment area for the dentist during dental treatment session:
  • Appropriately identifies patients and seats them in the treatment room,
  • Drapes patients appropriately,
  • Arranges instruments and supplies for use during the procedure.
• Performs specific procedures “chair side” during examination and treatment:
  • Retracts lips and cheeks to establish access,
  • Operates suction equipment to maintain the mouth free of blood and saliva,
  • Passes instruments and supplies to the dentist while performing various surgical and restorative procedures.
• Takes intraoral and extraoral radiographs as prescribed by the dentist and scans and mounts the intraoral imagines.
• Clean loose debris from used instruments, places instruments in appropriate transportation container, sprays used instruments with approved pre-cleansing agent and transports them to the soiled utility room.
• Assists the dentist in the documentation of examination findings, treatment rendered and makes future appointments.
• Ensure that dental services area is clean and well organized in order to ensures efficient and hygienic provision of services.
• Maintains a safe practice environment.
• Adheres to infection control policies and procedures.
• Adheres to rules pertaining to the confidentiality of patient information and patient rights.

Education and Experience:

• A four-year High School diploma or its educational equivalent.
• One (1) year of satisfactory full-time experience as a Dental Assistant.

Certifications & Licenses:

• DANB Certified (Preferred).
• Certificate of completion in Dental Assisting from an Accredited Dental Assisting Program (Preferred).
• BLS (AHA).

Equipment/ Machines Operated:

• Proprio One-Language Services.
• Welch Allyn Vital Monitor.
• Scan X Scanner.
• Kavo Panoramic / CBCT Radiographic Unit.
• Planmeca Pro X Radiographic Unit.
• Client Machine.
• Fax Machine.

Computer Programs/ Software Operated:

• EPIC / Wisdom Dental Software.
• MS Power Point.
• MS Word.
• MS Excel.
• Peoplesoft.

Preferred Skills:

• Prior work experience of about six months on-the-job training.
• X-Ray Technique.
• Knowledge of EPIC/CADENCE/Wisdom Dental.
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS Disease.
• Experience working with HIV/AIDS Clients.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Good analytical skills.