Dental Assistant Tallahassee, FL

Nitelines Usa•Tallahassee, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Dental Assistant will support dental specialty sections including restorative, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations. This role involves preparing patients and the treatment room, assisting the Dental Officer during procedures, maintaining instruments and equipment, taking radiographs, and performing dental health education.

Requirements

Possess specialty training from a licensed dentist and/or certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school.
Training must include dental radiology and radiology safety.
Shall be certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association and must be maintained on their own time.
Must have a minimum of two (2) years of full-time experience providing chair-side dental assisting services or be a Registered Dental Assistant.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual oral communication skills
Experience in a clinical setting

Responsibilities

Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations.
Retrieve patient’s records and escorts patients to proper dental specialty section; seats and prepare patient for attending Dental Officer
Assists Dental Officer by preparing dental instruments, essential materials, drugs, and medications
Passes instruments, retracts tissues, irrigates oral cavity, and operates aspirator
Observes patient’s responses, and assists patient for dismissal from the Dental Clinic
Give instructions for subsequent dental appointments
Makes necessary entries on dental treatment records (both electronic and paper records)
Prepares dental treatment room for the next patient
Assists in the treatment of emergency cases.
Provides dental health education
Dental screening examination
Preparation of patients for periodontal surgery
Dental and periodontal charting
Prepares places, and removes packs
Places temporary fillings (if authorized)
Place and remove rubber dams
Maintains dental equipment
Cleans, sharpens, and sterilizes instruments.
Performs daily inspection of equipment and makes minor repairs
Reports defective equipment, or utilizes corrective action
Performs routine coronal polish of the clinical crowns of teeth (if authorized)
Prepares entries for patient’s records
Selects and applies medication in proper portion and anti-cariogenic agents to surface of teeth
Applies medication prescribed by a Dental Officer to gingiva to promote healing
Performs procedures pursuant to fabrication and repair of complete denture prosthesis and removable partial prosthesis as directed by Dental Officer
Takes radiographs of patients using standard and digital dental radiographic, panoramic, cephalometric, and transcranial equipment
Obtains diagnostic quality periapical, occlusal, lateral, jaw, TMJ, and panoramic radiographs
Correctly position patient and film
Determines level of radiation intensity to minimize radiation exposure of patients
Processes and saves digital radiographs to patient medical records
Performs quality assurances on radiographic and developing equipment and safelight
Maintains proper infection control procedures in radiographic techniques, exams and procedures.
Sterilizes contaminated biological waste of dental clinic
Place and finish dental restorations, including bases and liners (if authorized)
Make preliminary impressions and pour casts
Selects tooth shade for composite restorations and dentures