Dental Assistant Student

Family First Health is looking for a Dental Assistant student interested in a Co-Op opportunity with our organization. As a Dental Assistant student, you should have a positive and outgoing personality, excellent patient care skills, and strong organizational skills. A qualified clinical staff member should have: Working knowledge of dental procedures and terminology, ability to build relationships with patients, computer proficiency and the ability to learn new programs, and an X-ray certification is a plus.

This position is an opportunity to learn and grow with a terrific dental team. We're dedicated to offering trustworthy dental services and care to our community. If this sounds a like a good fit, we would love to hear from you.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepares rooms for treatment and sanitizes after treatment according to established protocol.
• Performs all sterilization functions such as, routine equipment maintenance including but not limited to changing traps and cleaning suction lines.
• Performs suction during procedures, assists dental provider during treatment using four handed dentistry approach.
• Takes and develops radiographs and takes, pours and trims impressions.
• Tracks and prepares dental lab cases for transport.
• Reviewing medical history and obtains vitals and consent forms when applicable, informs dental provider of information given by the patient or questions asked by the patient.
• Maintains charts, performs charting during exams.
• Provides post-operative instructions to patients as directed by the dental provider as required.
• Escorts patient from waiting room to dental chair.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.