POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The dental assistant performs many tasks requiring both interpersonal and technical skills.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES:
Greet patients and bring patients back to the treatment room
Assisting the dentist during a variety of treatment procedures
Taking and developing dental radiographs, film and or digital
Updating patient's medical history and taking blood pressure and pulse
Serving as an infection control officer
Preparing and sterilizing instruments and equipment
Helping patients feel comfortable before, during and after dental treatment
Providing patients with instructions for oral care following surgery or other dental treatment procedures
Taking impressions of patients' teeth for study casts, digital and traditional impression material
Helping to provide direct patient care in all dental specialties, including orthodontics, endodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics and oral surgery
Breakdown and sterilizing operatories between patients
Scheduling patients next appointment where applicable
Charting for the dentist and the hygienists where applicable
Cleaning the offices as instructed