Dental Assistant
4 weeks ago
NEEDED: Dental Assistant
LOCATION: 1300 Metropolitan Avenue, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.
SCHEDULE: Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays), normally between the hours of 8:00 am and 2:30 pm, with a 30-minute unpaid lunch period, shall not exceed 30 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.
- Shall be certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in accordance with the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association
- Minimum of one (1) year of experience providing Dental Assistant Services.
- Bilingual oral communication skills and experience in a clinical correctional setting are desirable.
- Required documents: Resume and certifications
DUTIES: Required services listed below, is not all inclusive:
- 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, panelist, 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.
BENEFITS: Competitive hourly pay rate, accrued vacation, accrued Sick Leave, 11 paid Federal holidays, 401K opportunity, and Healthcare Benefits contribution.
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