Dental Assistant Tallahassee, FL

NEEDED: Dental Assistant

LOCATION: 501 Capital Circle N.E., Tallahassee, FL 32301

SCHEDULE: 40 Hours per week, Monday - Friday, between 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM or 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM, 8- or 10-hour shifts.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Possess specialty training from a licensed dentist and/or certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school.
• Training must include dental radiology and radiology safety.
• Shall be certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association and must be maintained on their own time.
• Must have a minimum of two (2) years of full-time experience providing chair-side dental assisting services or be a Registered Dental Assistant.
• Bilingual oral communication skills and experience in a clinical setting are desirable.

JOB 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 prepare 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
• Give 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 screening examination
• Preparation of patients for periodontal surgery
• Dental and periodontal charting
• Prepares places, and removes packs
• Places temporary fillings (if authorized)
• Place and remove 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 coronal polish of the clinical crowns of teeth (if authorized)
• 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
• Performs procedures pursuant to fabrication and repair of complete denture prosthesis and removable partial prosthesis as directed by Dental Officer
• Takes radiographs of patients using standard and digital dental radiographic, panoramic, cephalometric, and transcranial equipment
• Obtains diagnostic quality periapical, occlusal, lateral, jaw, TMJ, and panoramic radiographs Correctly position 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, exams and procedures.
• Sterilizes contaminated biological waste of dental clinic
• Place and finish dental restorations, including bases and liners (if authorized)
• Make preliminary impressions and pour casts
• Selects tooth shade for composite restorations and dentures

BENEFITS: Competitive Hourly pay rate, accrued vacation, accrued sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, 401K opportunity, and healthcare benefits contributions.