Dental Assistant

Under the general supervision of a Dental Director, the Dental Assistant works directly with the dentist to insure that proper patient care can be delivered in a timely fashion.

Requirements

• Sterilization: make sure instruments used for dental procedures are washed first, then placed in the ultrasonic for the proper time, dried, tagged and then autoclaved.
• Operatory preparation: keep each operatory ready for patient use.
• Seating Patients: to greet and seat patients in the proper operatory for the doctors.
• Digital Images: take the necessary Panorex, Periapicals & Bitewings of patients.
• Supplies: keep abreast of supplies used and to re-order these supplies in a timely fashion.
• Equipment Maintenance: properly maintain the instruments & hand pieces that are used.
• Receptionist duties: receive patients, determines their reasons for visiting the office, provides them with the required information according to procedures and sees that, as far as is possible, the desired objectives are achieved.
• Assists in maintaining and utilizing a variety of health record indexes, storage, recall, and retrieval systems, including Athena, Dentrix & MiPACS.
• Exhibits professional conduct with patients and fellow employees.
• Responsible for the maintenance of certain log books as assigned by the department manager.
• Assumes other duties as assigned by the Dental Director.