Premier Dental Group HI- Dental Assistant

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The dental assistant performs many tasks requiring both interpersonal and technical skills.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES:

Greet patients and bring patients back to the treatment room

Assisting the dentist during a variety of treatment procedures

Taking and developing dental radiographs, film and or digital

Updating patient's medical history and taking blood pressure and pulse

Serving as an infection control officer

Preparing and sterilizing instruments and equipment

Helping patients feel comfortable before, during and after dental treatment

Providing patients with instructions for oral care following surgery or other dental treatment procedures

Taking impressions of patients' teeth for study casts, digital and traditional impression material

Helping to provide direct patient care in all dental specialties, including orthodontics, endodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics and oral surgery

Breakdown and sterilizing operatories between patients

Scheduling patients next appointment where applicable

Charting for the dentist and the hygienists where applicable

Cleaning the offices as instructed