Dental Assistant - Expanded Functions

Aspen Dental•Middleburg, FL

7d•$17 - $19

About The Position

The Expanded Functions Dental Assistant supports doctors and hygienists in delivering patient care and helps maintain efficient patient flow. The role includes assisting with a variety of treatment procedures, preparing and breaking down operatories, setting up trays, supporting patient charting, taking dental radiographs, and providing patients with post-treatment instructions and oral-hygiene education. The assistant carries out sterilization and infection-control processes, ensures staff are trained and compliant, follows maintenance schedules for clinical equipment and lines, and observes OSHA, Aspen safety, and HIPAA requirements. Additional duties include managing laboratory cases and supplies, maintaining emergency kits and oxygen tanks, performing intraoral scans, taking impressions and bite registrations, completing denture soft relines and temporary crowns, and carrying out other expanded functions permitted by state certification. The position may also involve training colleagues and performing office tasks as needed.

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 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 properly trained and compliant.
Follow maintenance schedules for waterlines, suction lines, autoclaves, and compressors.
Support patient charting for doctors.
Train others to conduct patient handoffs and monitor patient flow within the practice.
Follow OSHA regulations, Aspen safety requirements, and HIPAA guidelines.
Take dental radiographs (X-rays).
Provide patients with oral-care instructions after dental procedures and educate them on oral-hygiene strategies.
Complete denture soft relines and manufacture temporary crowns.
Monitor and help manage laboratory cases.
Perform quality intraoral scans of patients in under five minutes.
Explain and teach the clear aligner process.
Take quality impressions and bite registrations.
Perform additional expanded functions based on certifications, such as coronal polishing and restorative functions.
Maintain emergency kits and oxygen tanks.
Order and maintain supplies in accordance with the practice budget.
Perform office tasks as necessary.