Dental Assistant

HireBox•Glendale, WV

16d•Onsite

About The Position

Wylie Dental Care in Glen Dale, WV is expanding and seeking a dedicated Dental Assistant for a full-time, on-site role. This high-end general practice specializes in oral surgery, implants, full-mouth reconstruction, CAD-CAM dentistry, and TMD treatment. The position offers strong growth potential, with the dentist providing extensive personal training and delegation. Assistants will be involved in tasks such as taking impressions and scans, seating crowns, making bite guards, and designing and milling prostheses.

Requirements

College degree
Minimum 2 years of dental assisting experience
Strong hand skills and spatial-relationship perception

Nice To Haves

Background in athletics, or hobbies like drawing, painting, or crafts, is a plus
Growth mindset — willing to make mistakes and learn from them
Focused on the process, not on looking good
Flexible and resilient
Clear, empathetic communicator
Self-motivated, responsible, and a strong team player
Decisive problem solver, organized, able to work under time pressure

Responsibilities

Help the dentist create happy patients who are dentally sound, comfortable, and refer others to the practice.
Keep patients calm by communicating clearly while reading how they are responding.
Accurately gather patient data through impressions and intraoral scans.
Assist or suction in 4-handed and 6-handed dentistry scenarios.
Learn and hand all instruments on cue; manage cassettes through sterilization.
Set up and clean rooms before and after every procedure.
Pour and trim models in the lab; scan them into the computer.
Make bite guards, retainers, and custom impression trays.
Design crowns and prostheses in CAD software, then mill and finish them.
Educate, motivate, and reassure patients throughout treatment.