Registered Dental Assistant I Puri
About The Position
The Registered Dental Assistant I provides chairside support during general and more complex dental procedures, anticipates provider needs, and helps maintain efficient clinical flow. The role includes taking and documenting diagnostic-quality dental X-rays within the permitted scope, assisting with intraoral scanning, impressions, clinical photography, and other permitted procedures, and completing clinical documentation in Open Dental. The assistant prepares patients, operatories, instruments, materials, and procedure setups; supports a comfortable patient experience; and turns over, disinfects, stocks, and organizes operatories. Additional duties include sterilizing instruments, organizing cassettes and lab cases, monitoring and ordering supplies through Dentira, and completing routine office housekeeping. Patient-facing and office-support duties may include performing listed procedures within permitted scope, helping with check-in and phones when the front office is busy, answering patient questions, giving new-patient tours, and helping patients get to the operatory. The role also includes managing patient and room flow, staying through closing as needed, supporting office events and outreach, and training and coaching dental assistant and sterilization team members on workflows, sterilization, infection control, and company standards.
Requirements
- Current California Dental Radiation Safety (X-Ray) Certificate.
- 1–3 years of experience (as stated in the posting).
Responsibilities
- Assist the dentist during procedures and provide chairside assistance during general and more complex dental procedures, anticipating provider needs.
- Take diagnostic-quality dental X-rays within permitted scope and ensure images are captured and documented properly.
- Assist with suction, isolation, instrument transfer, material preparation, and other permitted chairside duties.
- Support intraoral scanning, impressions, clinical photography, and other procedures within permitted scope.
- Enter the doctor’s treatment plan and required clinical information in patient charts, and support chart completion and documentation in Open Dental.
- Review patient charts, medical histories, treatment needs, and required clinical information before seating patients.
- Prepare operatories, instruments, materials, and procedure setups before each patient; seat and prepare patients and support a comfortable patient experience.
- Turn over and disinfect operatories promptly, minimize room turnover time, and help keep providers on schedule.
- Maintain stocked and organized operatories; monitor supplies and equipment; communicate or address shortages, equipment issues, and clinical-flow concerns.
- Sterilize instruments and keep cassettes organized.
- Monitor lab cases in the office and organize extra supplies; order dental supplies through Dentira as needed.
- Perform coronal polishing, pit and fissure sealants, topical fluoride, place and remove temporary restorations, place and remove matrices, remove excess cement, and perform certain orthodontic functions, within permitted scope.
- Prepare rooms for the next day and patients, and mark them on the schedule.
- Provide a warm towel to all patients.
- Help check in patients, escort them to the operatory, give new-patient tours, answer patient questions, and answer phones within two rings when the front office is busy.
- Keep operatories organized and clean; keep check-in/check-out areas, floors, lights, and doors clean; complete daily, weekly, and monthly back-office housekeeping.
- Manage patient flow, arrive on time, stay until close, build productive schedules, and be willing to work as needed.
- Listen to feedback and grow; recommend new patients to the offices; refer new staff to the recruiting team; and volunteer for events, social work, and marketing efforts.
- Take ownership of patient, room, and instrument flow to help keep providers on schedule.
- Train, support, and coach Dental Assistant I–II and Sterilization Technician team members on clinical workflows, room turnover, sterilization, infection control, and company standards.
- Serve as a senior clinical-support resource for Dental Assistant I–II and Sterilization Technician team members.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
