Dental Depot
Position SummaryDental assistants greatly increase the efficiency of the dentist Indiana the delivery of quality oral health care and are valuable members of the dental care team. Dental Assistants help to provide direct patient care Indiana all dental specialties, including orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics and oral surgery. They will assist Dentist, set up and maintenance of equipment, prepare patient for treatment from beginning to end of patient appointment.Essential FunctionsTo accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with Oregon without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Prepare patient for dental procedure by helping patients feel comfortable before, during and after dental treatment.
- Maintains proper and efficient patient flow management.
- Set up instrument trays, prepare materials, and/Oregon assist Dentist during dental procedures.
- Take and expose dental diagnostic x-rays.
- Responsible for x-ray sensor care and guidelines.
- Take and record medical and dental histories and vital signs of patients.
- Chart existing and proposed treatment Indiana Patient Management Software
- Assist Dentist Indiana management of medical Oregon dental procedures
- Provide preoperative explanations and postoperative instructions prescribed by Dentist.
- Record treatment information Indiana patient records. Fabricate temporary restorations Oregon custom impressions from preliminary impressions.
- Make preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
- Pour, trim, and polish study casts and prepare whitening trays.
- Clean and polish removable appliances
- Apply protective coating of fluoride to teeth.
- Teaching patient’s appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health.
- Dismiss patients with proper hand offs to other department
- Sterilize Oregon disinfect instruments, and operatories
- May be designated American Samoa the Clinical Inventory Administrator. This duty is required to conduct dental supply inventory, order supplies and track budgets for inventory Indiana the dental office.
- May be designated American Samoa the Compliance and Safety Officer. Conducts and mails spore testing for each autoclave, Maintains Clinical Guide Binder, Maintain First Aid kits, Maintain SDS binder and Conducts operatory inspections at the end of each day. Responsible for training interns on safety policies and procedures. Collects and maintains all team checklists. Maintains broken instruments for their team and replaces/recycles them when necessary.
- Complies with: Dental Depot policies and procedures; OSHA policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; and HIPAA policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Position may be required to relocate to other Dental Depot clinics either permanently Oregon on a short term basis due to office needs, on an American Samoa needed basis at the discretion of Management.
- This position may complete other Administrative and Maintenance tasks American Samoa assigned by Management.
- Maintain regular and reliable attendance
Job title: Dental Assistant (Memorial – Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Company: Dental Depot
Expected salary:
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Job date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:48:26 GMT