Dental Assistant
Full time
at Pine Dentistry & Braces - a Benevis company
in
United States
Posted on September 4, 2024
Job details
Overview: Dental Assistant-Part Time-Takoma Park, MD
- Pine Dentistry and Braces-TaKoma Park Location
- Part Time:2-3 days per week to include M-F 8am-5pm and Saturdays 9am-2pm
- Competitive Salary
- Bilingual in Spanish a Plus
- Growth Opportunities
- Get out into your community -- participate in local events including school screenings, presentations and any opportunity to promote a positive image of us
- Participate in morning huddles (hey, even ask to run one!), let your peers know how much you appreciate them, highlight great examples of customer focus, collaboration etc.
- Love working with kids (they make up 70% or more of our patient base)
- Deliver quality and compassionate care to every patient
- Guide parents of minors and patients through our processes before treatment
- Educate patients in oral hygiene instruction and provide postoperative instructions
- Prepare patient for examination and treatment
- Take x-rays and save to patient charts (dependent on location)
- Responsible for the operational readiness of the hygiene bay and operatory rooms
- Prepare tray set-ups for dental procedures
- Mix amalgam, cement, pulp paste and prepare impression materials
- Sterilize and disinfect instruments, equipment, chairs and rooms
- Assist professional dental staff with treatment:
- Document patient information, treatment plans, and procedures in patient chart
- Assist with suctioning, holding retractors and suture cutting during surgical procedures
- Pour, trim and polish impression casts
- Fabricate custom impression trays
- Perform to the highest integrity by adhering to all government regulations, company standards, and company compliance programs
- Other duties as assigned
- Graduation from a senior high school or GED equivalent required
- X-ray License registered in MD
- CPR-BLS Certification
- Bi-lingual in Spanish a plus
- Perform to the highest integrity by adhering to all government regulations, company standards, and company compliance programs
- Other duties as assigned
- Competitive compensation
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