Dental Assistant - Expanded Functions

Aspen Dental Management•Anderson, IN

About The Position

At Aspen Dental, the Expanded Functions Dental Assistant supports patient care and daily practice operations, helping create positive patient experiences and maintain productive patient flow. The role assists doctors during treatment, prepares and breaks down operatories, completes sterilization processes, supports charting, and helps ensure staff follow safety, infection-control, and HIPAA requirements. The assistant also supports patient education and handoffs, monitors laboratory cases and supplies, and performs expanded clinical functions permitted by state certification.

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 directing the dental assistant office team throughout the day to maintain productive patient flow.
Assist doctors during a variety of treatment procedures.
Break down operatory rooms for doctors and hygienists.
Complete sterilization processes for equipment and operatories, and ensure staff are properly trained and compliant.
Follow maintenance schedules for waterlines, suction lines, waterline testing, autoclaves, and compressors.
Prepare trays and operatories for procedures.
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 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 impressions and bite registrations.
Perform additional expanded functions permitted by certification, such as coronal polishing and restorative functions.
Ensure emergency kits and oxygen tanks are maintained.
Order and maintain supplies in accordance with the practice budget.
Perform other office tasks as necessary.