NEEDED: Dental Assistant

LOCATION: 4001 Leopard Drive, Texarkana, Texas 75501

SCHEDULE: Eight hours per day, five days per week, between the hours of 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM

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.
• Have a minimum of two (2) years of experience providing Dental Assistant services.
• Be certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
• Bilingual oral communication skills and experience in a clinical correctional setting are desirable.

JOB DUTIES: Shall be responsible for the provision of the services as listed:

• Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative, oral surgery, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations.
• Retrieve patient records and escort patients to proper dental specialty section; seats and prepare patients 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 in 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 the surface of teeth Applies medication prescribed by a Dental Officer to gingiva to promote healing
• Fabricates and repairs dental prostheses 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 radiography, panelists, cephalometric, and transcranial equipment
• Obtains diagnostic quality periapical, occlusal, lateral, jaw, TMJ, and pantographic 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 from the dental clinic
• Places and finishes dental restorations, including bases and liners
• Make primary impressions and pour casts
• Select tooth shade for composite restorations and dentures

BENEFITS: (full-time) Competitive hourly pay rate, accrued vacation, accrued sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, 401K opportunity, and healthcare benefits contribution.