Dental Assistant – Hayes Cosmetic and Family Dentistry – Hayes, VA

Overview:

At Hayes Family Dentistry, we pride ourselves in delivering amazing patient care while maintaining a dynamic and fun culture. Our office treats our patients like family and highly values our patient relationships. We work hard and offer the most up-to-date procedures to provide comprehensive care. Our team is an incredible group that works together to achieve the results we are looking for – smiling faces on our patients and our team!! Would love to have you join our office family!

We staff our offices with highly trained, caring dentists and hardworking team members. From the moment you walk through our doors, you will be greeted with a smile.

Responsibilities:

Perform limited clinical duties under the direction of a dentist. Clinical duties may include equipment preparation and sterilization, preparing patients for treatment, assisting the dentist during treatment, and providing patients with instructions for oral healthcare procedures. May perform administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes.

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  Prepare patient, sterilize or disinfect instruments, set up instrument trays, prepare materials, or assist dentist during dental procedures.
• Record treatment information in patient records.
• Assist dentist in management of medical or dental emergencies.
• Order and monitor dental supplies and equipment inventory.
• Expose dental diagnostic x-rays.
• Provide postoperative instructions prescribed by dentist.
• Instruct patients in oral hygiene and plaque control programs.
• Take and record medical and dental histories and vital signs of patients.
• Apply protective coating of fluoride to teeth.
• Schedule appointments, prepare bills and receive payment for dental services, complete insurance forms, and maintain records, manually or using computer.
• Make preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
• Pour, trim, and polish study casts.
• Fabricate temporary restorations or custom impressions from preliminary impressions.
• Clean and polish removable appliances.
• Clean teeth, using dental instruments.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• Dental Assistance experience required
• Dental Assistance Certification required
• X-ray certification required.
• Nitrous oxide certification required.
• Maintain annual OSHA, HIPAA, BLS and infection control training as required by law.
• Experience with relevant dental software.
• High school diploma or equivalent.

Benefits Offered for Full Time (30 hours):

In return for providing an excellent patient experience, we offer a great benefits package to include health and dental benefits, long and short term disability, life insurance, 401(k) with 4% matching, holiday pay and paid time off, CEs offered at no charge, positive work environment, and hygiene culture coaching.