Expanded Duties Dental Assistant

Smile Brands • Fort Collins, CO

3d • $22 - $28

About The Position

Here at Bright Now! Dental we understand the demands of dentistry and the day to day demands that come with treating patients all day long, so we provide an excellent support system, training, and teamwork to make work more enjoyable. We are proud of exceptional teamwork and unite to work fairly and productively to get the job done.
In this Expanded Duties Dental Assistant opportunity, you will support the dental team in delivering high-quality patient care by assisting during dental procedures, preparing instruments, and maintaining a clean, organized work environment. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, a caring and professional demeanor, ability to start within a month and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Colarado EDDA and Xray certification requried
• Current CPR/BLS certification (or ability to obtain before start date)
• Strong communication and commitment to excellent patient care

Responsibilities

• Perform expanded clinical duties allowed by state regulations, such as placing restorations, polishing, applying sealants and fluoride, taking impressions, coronal polishing, and packing/retrieving cord.
• Assist the dentist during a full range of restorative, prosthodontic, and surgical procedures.
• Prepare treatment rooms, instruments, and materials for each patient and ensure efficient room turnover.
• Take high-quality digital X-rays, intraoral photos, and impressions/scans (traditional or digital).
• Fabricate temporary crowns, bridges, and provisional restorations while checking bite, margins and contacts
• Performing caries susceptibility testing,
• Mix and prepare dental materials (cements, bonding agents, composites, impression materials).

Benefits

• Benefits are determined by employment status/hours worked and include paid time off (“PTO”), health, dental, vision, health savings account, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability insurance, employee discount programs, pet insurance, and a 401k plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees