Dental Assistant
Job Description
Provide chairside dental assistance to dentists and manage patient care during procedures.
Job Duties
Assignments at this level include but are not limited to: responds to basic medical emergencies; measures and records vital signs; provides pre- and post- operative instructions; maintains a field of operation during dental procedures though the use of retraction, suction, irrigation, drying, placing and removing cotton rolls; using the concepts of four-handed dentistry, assists with basic restorative procedures; mixes basic dental materials; assists in preparation of laboratory prescription forms; applies pressure indicator paste to removable prostheses; takes preliminary impressions; pours and trims casts; exposes and processes basic dental radiographs; mounts and labels dental radiographs and/or saves digital imaging to electronic medical records; evaluates radiographs for diagnostic quality; maintains routine dental equipment per manufacturer and dental service standards.
Assist the dentist in direct patient care and four-handed dentistry during procedures, Take preliminary impressions and pour and trim casts, Expose and process basic dental radiographs and manage radiographic records, Maintain routine dental equipment and enter/retrieve data in electronic dental records, Provide procedure-specific patient education and post-operative instructions
