- Sets up operatories and portable unit equipment and ensures that instruments, supplies, and equipment are immediately available for patient care.
- Provides direct clinical assistance to dentists and dental hygienists; performs 4-handed dentistry, including passing instruments for operative and oral surgery procedures and mixing filling materials; seats and positions patients, anticipates provider needs during treatment; triages patients with urgent needs.
- Performs expanded duty functions, including child and adult rubber cup oral prophylaxis, mixing and applying pit and fissure sealant (sealant certificate required) and polishing amalgam restorations; may perform other expanded duty functions as assigned, including placing temporary restorative material in teeth under the direction and review of a dentist, placing and removing matrix retainers for alloy and composite restorations, removing temporary crowns and cleaning teeth in preparation for final cementation, performing preliminary fitting of crowns .
- Takes alginate impressions and pour models; contacts other laboratories for pick-ups; performs limited laboratory procedures.
- Cleans operatories following Center for Disease Control and OSHA guidelines; cleans and sterilizes instruments; maintains strict chain of infection control; performs routine maintenance on dental equipment; removes and mails filled sharps containers to laboratory; wears appropriate personal protective equipment;
- Uses digital X-ray equipment and takes diagnostic radiographs in a timely manner.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $19.00 – $23.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Supplemental Pay:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Portland, OR 97225: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Experience:
- Dental assisting: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- X-Ray Certification (Required)
Work Location: One location
Source: Indeed.com
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