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About the Role
Our practice delivers best-in-class patient care, focusing on putting every patient first, every visit. We are looking for an Orthodontic Assistant to partner with the practice team to provide excellent clinical support and help patients receive the care they need.
Responsibilities
- Prepares the patient for treatment and assists the Orthodontist by preparing materials and equipment for treatment.
- Provides excellent chair-side clinical support and assistance to doctors, including charting, operatory set-up/clean-up, and patient education.
- Records and reviews patient health history, makes chart entries under the doctor's direction, and assures completion of forms and signatures in dental software.
- Enters and updates patient treatment plans at the direction of the treating doctor.
- Changes and removes wires, brackets, and adhesive, takes impressions, takes scans, and prepares teeth for bonding.
- Prepares treatment estimates for review and discussion with patients.
- Reviews the daily schedule to set up appropriate trays and instruments.
- Prepares patients, sterilizes and disinfects instruments, sets up instrument trays, maintains chain of asepsis, prepares materials, and assists dentists during dental procedures following OSHA guidelines.
Requirements
- 0-2 years’ experience
- State Licensure where specified
- Valid Dental Radiographer License for respective state requirements
- CPR Certification Required
- Commitment to providing exceptional service, support, and education to patients
Skills
- Excellent chair-side clinical support and assistance
- Charting
- Operatory set/clean up
- Patient education
- Recording and reviewing patient health history
- Making chart entries
- Assuring completion of forms and signatures in dental software
- Entering and updating patient treatment plans
- Changing and removing wires, brackets, and adhesive
- Taking impressions
- Taking scans
- Preparing teeth for bonding
- Preparing treatment estimates
- Reviewing daily schedules
- Setting up appropriate trays and instruments
- Preparing patients
- Sterilizing and disinfecting instruments
- Setting up instrument trays
- Maintaining chain of asepsis
- Preparing materials
- Assisting dentist during dental procedures
- Following OSHA guidelines
Work Type
- Full-time
- Part-time
Experience Level
- 0-2 years experience
Salary/Compensations
- $20.00-26.00 per hour
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including 401k
- Competitive paid time off for full-time and part-time team members which increases as you grow in your career
- Constant opportunities for career growth and continuing education
- An exciting atmosphere that allows for freedom and individuality
About the Company
- Our practice partners with North American Dental Group which provides us with the necessary support in order to fulfill our purpose of ensuring excellent patient care.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.