Dental Assistant

Description
The Dental Assistant supports dental care delivery by preparing treatment room, patient, instruments, and materials; passing instruments and materials; performing procedures in compliance with the dental practice act.
Standard hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist dentists with four handed dentistry and dental hygienists during procedures and or examinations.
• Help maintain the doctors' schedule and patient flow, creating no patient wait time.
• Exposing diagnosable radiographs.
• Verify patient medical and dental health history (basic health review, medications, understanding impact with dentistry) as well as transcribe vitals and other important information in the patient chart.
• Sterilizes instruments and equipment after each patient. Maintains cleanliness of treatment room and sterilization area.
• Treatment planning, documenting conditions and charging out treatment in patient records, as well as obtaining all consents for treatment in the patient chart.
• Instruct patients in oral hygiene and post op instructions prescribed by the doctor.
• Apply protective coating of fluoride to teeth and assist hygienists with polishing children under 10.
• Fabricate temporary restorations and custom impressions from preliminary impressions.
• Perform all weekly and monthly equipment maintenance duties such as running lines, changing traps etc.
• Informing lead assistant or manager of inventory needs and avoiding wasteful practices of products. Keeping rooms stocked.
• Maintaining lab case's outgoing documentation, and delivery dates for your assigned doctor. Checking the schedule for upcoming delivery appointments.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.

Education and Experience:
Bilingual - English and Spanish required.
Texas RDA License and CPR (BLS) certificate required.
Minimum of 1 year work experience as a Dental Assistant required.
Nitrous oxide sedation monitoring, prophy and sealant certificates preferred.