Dental Assistant
$50k - $60kAkicita Federal
Dental Assistant
Akicita Federal is seeking qualified Dental Assistants to provide non-personal healthcare services at the Albuquerque Indian Dental Clinic within the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service (IHS). The Dental Assistant will support dental and orthodontic operations, ensuring high-quality patient care in accordance with Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and IHS regulations, with minimal disruption to government personnel, property, and the general public.
$50,000 - $60,000 a year
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Document all patient encounters in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) following AIDC policies, AAAHC standards, and CMS regulations.
- Assist dentists by restoring teeth following preparation, including:
- Selection, contouring, and placement of matrices
- Placement of bases and liners
- Packing, carving, and polishing of complex alloy restorations, including those requiring cusp replacements and retentive pins.
- Place and finish complex composite restorations and fabricate/adjust temporary restorations.
- Select, contour, cement stainless steel crowns, and fabricate and adjust temporary acrylic crowns and bridges.
- Provide patients with post-operative care instructions.
- Perform various procedures including:
- Placement and removal of rubber dams
- Removal of sutures
- Application of desensitizing agents and periodontal dressings
- Placement of surgical gauze following extractions
- Assist with endodontic procedures by isolating teeth, cleansing, irrigating, applying medicaments, and closing teeth temporarily.
- Take primary impressions for study models, pour and trim models, and fabricate custom trays and bite rims.
- Perform complex oral prophylaxis, apply topical fluoride treatments, and place pit and fissure sealants.
- Operate ultrasonic scalers and hand instruments for calculus removal.
- Educate patients on disease prevention and demonstrate individual home care techniques.
- Expose, process, and mount intra-oral and extra-oral radiographs.
- Maintain cleanliness and operability of clinical areas, ensuring instruments are sharpened and sterilized.
- Manage inventory and order necessary supplies to ensure the clinic remains properly stocked.
- Take and record patient blood pressure.
- Apply and remove periodontal and surgical packs and dressings.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.
- Maintain all necessary clinical privileges.
- Education: Graduation from an accredited dental assistant training school or proof of equivalent on-the-job training.
- Certifications:
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
- Experience: Relevant experience assisting with complex dental and orthodontic procedures is strongly preferred.
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