Job Description
Job Description
NEEDED: Dental Assistant
LOCATION: 2600 2nd St, Pekin, IL 61554
SCHEDULE: Monday – Friday, between 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM, not to exceed 40 hours per week.
QUALIFICATIONS: Resume and supporting documents required to be considered.
- 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.
- Shall be certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association
- Have a minimum of two (2) years of experience providing Dental Assistant services.
- Bilingual oral communication skills and experience in a clinical setting are desirable but not required.
JOB DUTIES: Responsibilities include but are not limited to the provision of the following services:
- Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative, oral surgery, endodontics, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations
- Retrieves 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 cavities, 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
- Performs Dental prophylaxes - polishing of coronal portion of teeth, if the assistant is a Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) or Expanded Functions Dental Assistant (EFDA).
- Performs Dental screening examinations
- Prepare patients for periodontal surgery
- Completes dental and periodontal charting
- Prepares, places, and removes packs
- Place temporary fillings (RDA, EFDA)
- 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 institutes corrective action
- 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
- Select and apply 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 prostheses and appliances under supervision
- Performs procedures pursuant to fabrication and repair of complete denture prostheses and removable partial prostheses
- Uses acrylic resins and porcelain as basic materials
- Takes radio graphs of patients using digital intraoral and panoramic dental radiography
- Obtains diagnostic quality periapical, occlusal, lateral jaw, and TMJ radiographs
- Correctly position patient and sensor
- Determines level of radiation intensity to minimize radiation exposure of patients
- Processes and saves digital radiographs to patient medical records
- Maintains proper infection control procedures in radiographic techniques
- Sterilizes contaminated biological waste of dental clinic
- Places and finish dental restorations, including bases and liners
- Make primary impressions and pour casts
- Selects tooth shade for composite restorations and dentures
- Maintains accurate sharps and instrument inventories
- Maintains logs for surface disinfectants, autoclave maintenance, chair filters maintenance, and vacuum pump filters
- Maintains sterilization logs
BENEFITS: Competitive hourly pay rate, accrued vacation, accrued sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, 401K opportunity, and healthcare benefits contributions.