Dental Assistant - Expanded Functions

Aspen Dental Management•Newport, KY

17d

About The Position

At Aspen Dental, an Expanded Functions Dental Assistant performs daily clinical and practice-support duties to help create positive patient experiences and maintain productive patient flow. The assistant supports doctors and hygienists during treatment, prepares and breaks down operatories, sets up trays, assists with patient charting, and helps train team members in patient handoffs and workflow. The role includes sterilizing equipment and operatories; maintaining related equipment and waterlines; taking dental radiographs; educating patients on oral care; and performing expanded functions permitted by state certification. Additional duties include making temporary crowns, completing denture soft relines, monitoring laboratory cases, taking intraoral scans, impressions, and bite registrations, maintaining emergency supplies and practice inventory, and completing other office tasks as needed. The assistant must follow OSHA, HIPAA, and Aspen safety requirements. Aspen Dental describes a supportive, collaborative culture, flexible scheduling, career development, and best-in-class training. The position is full-time and pays $17–$20 per hour.

Requirements

Current Dental Assistant license, registration, or certification as required by the state.
Radiology (X-ray) certification as required by the state.
Current CPR or BLS certificate.
At least 2 years of experience as a Dental Assistant.
Proficiency in chairside assisting and four-handed dentistry.
Ability to demonstrate and provide instruction on proper sterilization and infection control techniques.
Maintain annual continuing education requirements specified by the state.
State certification in expanded functions as required by the state.

Responsibilities

Assist with the direction of the dental assistant office team throughout the day to maintain productive patient flow.
Assist doctors during a variety of treatment procedures.
Break down operatories for doctors and hygienists and set up trays and operatories for procedures.
Complete sterilization processes for equipment and operatories, and ensure staff are trained and compliant.
Follow maintenance schedules for waterlines, suction lines, waterline testing, autoclaves, and compressors.
Support doctors with patient charting.
Train others to perform patient handoffs and monitor patient flow.
Follow OSHA regulations and Aspen safety requirements, including HIPAA guidelines.
Take dental radiographs (X-rays).
Provide patients with post-treatment oral care instructions and educate them on appropriate oral hygiene strategies.
Complete denture soft relines and manufacture temporary crowns.
Monitor and help manage laboratory cases.
Perform quality intraoral health scans of patients in under five minutes.
Explain and teach the clear aligner process.
Take quality impressions and bite registrations.
Perform additional expanded functions allowed by certification, such as coronal polishing and restorative functions.
Maintain emergency kits and oxygen tanks.
Order and maintain supplies in accordance with the practice budget.
Perform various office tasks as necessary.