Licensed Dental Assistant

COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE•Crystal, MN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Join our team in Crystal as a full-time Licensed Dental Assistant (LDA)! Our LDAs serve as integral members of the clinical team in providing high quality and caring dentistry as well as an exceptional patient experience. Community Dental Care is Minnesota's largest non-profit dental organization, providing comprehensive dental care to people of all ages across five clinics in the Twin Cities, Rochester and Buffalo. Enjoy meaningful work in a collaborative environment that fosters professional growth. Provide culturally sensitive oral health care, preventive education, professional training, and advocate for access for all.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited dental assisting program
Dental Assisting licensure in MN (or pending licensure)
CPR/AED certification

Nice To Haves

Experience working with culturally diverse communities preferred
Proficiency in a second language preferred

Responsibilities

Perform comprehensive dental care with a focus on the health needs of the patients
Complete preliminary charting of the oral cavity and surrounding structures; take vital signs, and radiographs
Perform mechanical polishing to clinical crowns, take impressions and a bite registration, etch appropriate enamel surfaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants, place and remove rubber dam, place temporary fillings and recement intact temporary restorations
Remove sutures, place and remove periodontal dressings, place cotton pellets and temporary restorative materials
Under supervision, administer nitrous oxide inhalation anesthesia and monitor patient
Perform restorative procedures such as placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam and composite restorations, and adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns