Dental Assistant

Prairie Band Health Services•Warm Springs, OR

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Prairie Band Health Services is seeking Dental Assistants to provide services at the Warm Springs Health & Wellness Center in Warm Springs, OR. This role involves performing dental duties to support providers, assisting patients and clinic staff, and contributing to a culture of excellent customer service. The dental assistant will be responsible for restoring teeth, including the selection, contouring, and placement of various restorations, as well as fabricating and placing temporary crowns and bridges. They will also retract gingivae for impressions and assist the dentist with instruments, materials, and services. Additional duties may be assigned as needed. This position exercises Indian Preference.

Requirements

Must be a graduate from Dental Assistant school/program
CDA Certified Dental Assistant RDA, or Registered Dental Assistant preferred
To perform expanded functions in Oregon under the supervision of a licensed dentist, a dental assistant must possess an Oregon Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA) certificate.
Active AHA BLS or willing to obtain prior to start
Must be willing and able to pass Federal Security Clearance
Ability to work full time

Nice To Haves

Experienced dental staff
Adult and Pediatric
Local candidates encouraged to apply

Responsibilities

Perform dental duties to focus on providing dental support to providers in the dental clinic.
Assist patients and clinic staff in the dental department.
Supports a culture that fully embraces internal, external and organizational customer service.
Restore teeth after preparation has been accomplished, including selection, contouring and placement of matrices, placement of bases and liners and packing, carving and polishing routine and complex alloy restorations, which include pin retention and cusp build-ups.
Place and finish routine and complex composite restorations, which include multiple surfaces and angle replacement.
Place and contour temporary restorations.
Fabricate and place temporary crowns and bridges.
Retract gingivae from teeth with retraction cord in preparation for final crown and bridge impressions.
Provide assistance and fully anticipates the dentist's need for various instruments, materials, and service.
Applies endodontic medicaments to teeth as prescribed by the dentist.
Applies desensitizing and removes sutures and takes preliminary impressions for study models.
Correctly exposes, processes, and mounts intra and extra-oral radiographs.