Dental Assistant (51913)

As a Dental Assistant I, you will systematically analyze patient health information, manage and track coordination of pro-active care for patients with chronic conditions, and identify wellness and/or preventative service for clinical patients. This position will work closely with the dental staff and will report to the Dental Coordinator.

As a Dental Assistant II, you will perform all the duties of Dental Assistant I, place and shape composite resin restorations, and facilitate dental equipment repairs and tracking processes

As a Dental Assistant III, you will perform all the duties of Dental Assistant I and Dental Assistant II, direct billing tasks to the appropriate personnel, and collaboratively monitor dental schedules

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Level 1

- Receives and prepares patients for treatment, including seating positioning chair, and placing napkin.

- Takes and records vital signs.

- Identifies intraoral anatomy.

- Performs mouth mirror inspection of the oral cavity.

- Exposes and evaluates radiographs for diagnostic quality.

- Charts existing restorations or conditions.

- Provides patient preventive education and oral hygiene instruction.

- Applies topical anesthetic to the injection site.

- Identifies features of rotary instruments.

- Places and removes dental dam.

- Maintains field of operation during dental procedures via retraction, suction, irrigation, drying, placing and removing cotton rolls, etc.

- Using the concepts of four- handed dentistry, assists with basic restorative and intraoral surgical procedures, including prosthodontics, restorative dentistry extractions, periodontics, and endodontics.

- Transfers dental instruments.

- Places and removes matrix bands.

- Places amalgam for condensation by the dentist.

- Provides pre- and post-operative instructions.

- Recognizes and responds to basic medical/dental emergencies such as post-surgical bleeding.

- Removes sutures.

- Phones in prescriptions at the direction of the dentist.

- Takes preliminary impressions.

- Selects and manipulates gypsums and waxes.

- Mixes dental materials.

- Pours, trims, and evaluates the quality of diagnostic casts.

- Completes laboratory authorization forms.

- Places and removes retraction cord.

- Fabricates, places, and removes temporary crowns and cements.

- Cleans and polishes removable appliances and prostheses.

- Prepares procedural trays/armamentaria set-ups.

- Performs sterilization and disinfection procedures.

- Performs coronal polishing procedures pending appropriate certification achieved.

- Applies topical fluoride and pit and fissure sealants upon achieving appropriate certifications.

- Performs routine maintenance of dental equipment.

- Maintains emergency kit.

- Acts as a backup for the Dental Patient Services Representative as needed.

- All HealthLinc staff is committed to engage in quality improvement initiatives that align with and support Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH).

- Performs other duties as assigned.

Level 2 (In addition to above)

- Placing, packing and carving of amalgam restorations.

- Places and shapes composite resin restorations.

- Applies liners and bases.

- Performs pulp capping procedures.

- Precepts dental assistant externs.

- Orders supplies and tracks inventory.

- Tracks lab cases and manages invoices.

- Facilitates and tracks Dental Equipment repairs.

- Completes all assigned Relias training on time.

- Performs other duties as assigned.

Level 3 (In addition to above)

- Performs all the duties of Dental Assistant I and Dental Assistant II.

- Directs billing tasks to appropriate personnel.

- Trains Dental Assistant I.

- Collaboratively monitors dental schedules.

- Completes all assigned Relias training on time.

- Performs other duties as assigned.