Dental Assistant

Dental AssistantUnder immediate supervision, performs work involving routine dental procedures.Responsibilities:Reviews patient chart and prepares instruments and equipmentPerforms procedures such as mixing impression material, taking impressions, pouring models, preparing base plates, preparing acrylic trays and bleaching traysPerforms mechanical polishingsPerforms fluoride treatmentsPlaces rubber damRemoves sutures or excess cement from inlays, crowns and bridgesCharts patient treatment receivedProvides dental hygiene instructionPerforms x-ray procedures and develops filmProvides dental chair assistance during oral surgical procedures, operating suction equipment, arranging lighting, sponging operative area and supplying instruments and materialsSchedules patient appointmentsCleans and maintains equipment and work areaSterilizes and wraps instrumentsOrders suppliesPrepares and maintains recordsAdministers and monitors nitrous oxideRe-cement intact temporary restorations and place temporary fillings (not including temporization of inlays, onlays, crowns, and bridges)Etch appropriate enamel surfaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealantsPerform restorative procedures limited to placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam restorations, glass ionomers, and supragingival composite restorations (class I & V) and adapting and cementing stainless steel crownsPlace and remove matrix bandsFabricate, cement, and adjust temporary restorations extraorally or intraorallyRemove temporary restorations with hand instruments onlyPerform mechanical polishing to clinical crowns not including instrumentalApply topical mediations such as, but not limited to, topical fluoride, bleaching agents, and cavity varnishes in appropriate dosages or quantities as prescribed by a dentistTake impressions for cast and appropriate biteDry root canals with paper pointsPlace cotton pellets and temporary restorative materials into endodontic openingsPerforms related work as required, but only after appropriate trainingQualifications:Minimum Qualifications:Completion of an accredited dental assisting programCurrent license as a Dental Assistant through the State of Minnesota Board of Dentistry, or must pass the Minnesota Licensure Examination within 90 days of employmentBasic Life Support License/CertificationsDental Assistant must have completed a course on nitrous oxide inhalation analgesia