Dental Assistant Jobs in Pennsylvania
Aid dentist as required, especially in areas such as direct patient care, office duties, and preparing materials for treatments. Dental assistants are typically responsible for directly supporting dentists to ensure that procedures run smoothly. They manage equipment such as suction hoses to keep the patient’s mouth dry and workable during treatment, sterilize instruments, and develop X-rays/perform other lab tasks under dentist oversight. Additionally, they coordinate with clients to deliver information on effective hygiene techniques, schedule appointments, and arrange billing/payment. Because many of their tasks involve interaction with dentists and patients, they need to have strong interpersonal skills.
Depending on state regulations, dental assistants may perform coronal polishing to eliminate soft deposits, protect teeth from cavities with sealant or fluoride, and/or prepare patients for procedures by applying topical anesthetic. Some are also expected to prepare materials for temporary crowns and casts of teeth.
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- Woodlyn, PA
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Expanded Functions Dental Assistant
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Demographic Data for Pennsylvania
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Licensing / Certification
Required or preferred licenses and certifications for Dental Assistant positions.
Highest Education Level
- Vocational Degree or Certification (29.3%)
- High School or GED (26.2%)
- Bachelor's Degree (17.8%)
- Associate's Degree (15.9%)
- Doctorate Degree (4.2%)
- Some College (3.2%)
- Master's Degree (2.2%)
- Some High School (1.2%)
Average Work Experience
- Less than 1 year (48.4%)
- 1-2 years (27.4%)
- None (13.1%)
- 10+ years (11.2%)
Qualifications / Skill Sets
The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Dental Assistant position
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- Basic Life Support
- Bilingual
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Chair Side Assistance
- Chairside Assisting
- Charting
- Communication Skills
- Computer Skills
- Coronal Polishing
- Crowns
- Customer Service
- Dental Prophylaxis
- Dental Terminology
- Dentrix
- Dentures
- Endodontics
- Expanded Functions
- Flexibility
- Four-Handed Dentistry
- Friendliness
- Health Care
- Healthcare Management
- High School Diploma
- Infection Control
- Instrument Sterilization
- Inventory Management
- iTero Scanning
- Management
- Nitrous Oxide
- Oral Hygiene Instruction
- Oral Surgery
- Organization
- Orthodontics
- Patient Care
- Patient Charting
- Patient Satisfaction
- Patient Scheduling
- Periodontics
- Reimbursement
- relines
- Scheduling
- Scheduling Appointments
- Sealant Placement
- Sealants
- Software
- Spanish
- Staff Supervision
- Sterilization
- Suctioning
- Taking Impressions
- Temporary Crowns
- Training and Development
- Treatment Planning
- Ultrasonic Scaling
- X-Rays
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