WANTED: DENTAL ASSISTANT

LOCATION: 1100 Ursuline Ave., Bryan, TX 77803

SCHEDULE: Monday – Friday, 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM,

HOURS: 40 hours per week

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Shall possess specialty training from a licensed dentist and/or certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school. Training must include dental radiology and radiology safety.
• Two (2) years of experience providing Dental Assistant services,
• Bilingual oral communication skills and experience in a clinical correctional setting are desirable.
• Must be Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certified, in accordance with the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

DUTIES: The Dental Assistants shall be responsible for, but not limited to providing duties:

• Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative, oral surgery, periodontics,
• prosthetics, and examinations.
• Retrieve patient’s records and escorts patients to proper dental specialty section.
• Seats and prepares patient for attending Dental Officer
• Assists Dental Officer by preparing dental instruments, essential materials, drugs, and
• medications
• Passes instruments, retracts tissues, irrigates oral cavity, and operates aspirator.
• Observes patient’s responses, and assists patient for dismissal from the Dental Clinic
• Gives instructions for subsequent dental appointments.
• Makes necessary entries on dental treatment records (both electronic and paper records)
• Prepares dental treatment room for the next patient.
• Assists in the treatment of emergency cases.
• Provides dental health education.
• Dental prophylaxis
• Dental screening examination
• Preparation of patients for periodontal surgery
• Dental and periodontal charting
• Prepares places and removes packs.
• Places temporary fillings
• Places and removes rubber dams.
• Maintains dental equipment.
• Cleans, sharpens, and sterilizes instruments.
• Performs daily inspection of equipment and makes minor repairs.
• Reports defective equipment or utilizes corrective action.
• Performs routine oral prophylaxis of the clinical crowns of teeth.
• Uses dental hand instruments, mechanical instruments (including ultrasonic), oral hygiene aides and prophylaxis paste to provide necessary oral prophylactic services.
• Prepares entries for patient’s records.
• Selects and applies medication in proper portion and anti-cariogenic agents to surface of teeth.
• Applies medication prescribed by a Dental Officer to gingiva to promote healing.
• Fabricates and repairs dental prosthesis and appliances under supervision.
• Performs procedures pursuant to fabrication and repair of complete denture prosthesis and removable partial prosthesis.
• Uses acrylic resins and porcelain as basic materials.
• Takes radiographs of patients using standard and digital dental radiographic, panelipse, cephalometric, and transcranial equipment
• Obtains diagnostic quality periapical, occlusal, lateral, jaw, TMJ, and panographic radiographs.
• Correctly positions patient and film.
• Determines level of radiation intensity to minimize radiation exposure of patients.
• Processes and saves digital radiographs to patient medical records.
• Performs quality assurances on radiographic and developing equipment and safelight.
• Maintains proper infection control procedures in radiographic techniques.
• Sterilizes contaminated biological waste of dental clinic.
• Places and finishes dental restorations, including bases and liners.
• Make primary impressions and pours casts.
• Selects tooth shade for composite restorations and dentures.
• Specific directions related primarily to unusual treatment concerning emergency professional therapy are given by the attending dentist who explains changes in professional dental procedures that are available to resolve such problems, and render advice as needed. Guidelines consist of applicable professional practices and specific written and oral instructions.

BENEFITS: Competitive hourly pay rate, (The following benefits are based on actual hours worked: Accrued vacation, accrued sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays, 401K opportunity, and Health Benefits contribution).