Dental Assistant -- FL

Position: Dental Assistant -- a per diem role

Rate: DOE

Ideal for candidates seeking flexible, intermittent work opportunities

Locations:

• Orange City, FL 32763

Required Education:

• Completion of an accredited Dental Assistant program. OR

• Six months of hands-on experience as a Dental Assistant.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

• CPR card.

• X-Ray certification.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensures a welcoming and well-prepared treatment room for patients by meticulously following prescribed procedures and protocols.

• Prepares patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, seating, and draping patient.

• Serves as a key communicator within the practice, providing valuable information and support to both patients and colleagues through responsive interactions.

• Provides instrumentation by sterilizing and delivering instruments to treatment area; positioning instruments for dentist's access; suctioning; passing instruments.

• Provides materials by selecting, mixing, and placing materials on instruments and in the patient's mouth.

• Provides diagnostic information by exposing and developing radiographic studies, pouring, trimming, and polishing study casts.

• Maintains patient appearance and ability to masticate by fabricating temporary restorations; cleaning and polishing removable appliances.

• Helps dentist manage dental and medical emergencies by maintaining CPR certification, emergency drug and oxygen supply, and emergency telephone directory.