Dental office: Dental Assistant

We are looking for a Dental Assistant to join our team!

The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.
The Dental Assistant will assist affiliated dentists and lab professionals in the delivery of life-changing tooth replacement care to patients. Provides chair-side assistance for impressions, dentures, dental implants and oral surgery (applicability dependent on State law and scope of practice regulations). Provides best-in-class customer service to our patients.
Prepare the office to receive patients prior to opening daily
Provide responsive, high-quality service to patients
Provide patient information regarding office policies
Consistently select appropriate tray sizes for patients' impression materials, and assist dentist with patient impressions, upon direction from the treating dentist
Upon direction from the treating dentist, demonstrate ability to prepare wax bites
Upon direction and supervision of the treating dentist, and within legal guidelines of expanded duties, assist dentist with adjustments on dentures and denture insertions
Assist treating dentist with surgery
Consistently sterilize instruments with minimal direction, including impression trays and hand piece burs and wipes down equipment after each patient
Inventory and re-order supplies as instructed
Minimal travel may be required for training and/or continuing education purposes
Moderate physical activity
Work is performed in an interior dental/clinical environment
Work environment involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks, which requires following basic safety precautions
Experience in oral surgery and taking prosthetics.


You will be provided the training needed to provide you with the support you need to do your job well. Additional benefits include , group medical and dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, flexible spending (health and dependent care), 401(k), 9 paid holidays off, 10 days of vacation, and 5 additional PTO days. We also offer ancillary benefits to include hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness insurance options.
Founded in 1975, today Affordable Care, LLC is America's largest dental support organization (DSO) focused on tooth replacement services, serving more than 400 dental practices across the United States. Supported practices primarily concentrate on extractions, dentures, implants, and fixed arches, with some practices housing an on-site laboratory to enable same-day dental services. Affordable Care is the DSO for several top dental brands including, but not limited to, Affordable Dentures & Implants, DDS Dentures + Implant Solutions, and Advanced Dental Implant Centers. xywuqvp From the Affordable Care Support Center, located in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, along with field-based teams, Affordable Care provides business expertise and support services to dental practices, taking care of non-clinical duties so dentists can focus on treating patients (visit affordablecare.