Expanded Duty Dental Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Coastal Kids Dental & Braces – James Island

Looking for a dental assisting opportunity with a schedule that gives you more balance? Join the team at Coastal Kids Dental & Braces – James Island and put your expanded skills to work while making a difference in the lives of young patients!

We’re looking for a skilled, compassionate, and team-oriented EDDA who enjoys working with children and wants to be part of a supportive pediatric dental team.

Your Schedule:

• Tuesday & Thursday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• One Friday per month.

Why You’ll Love This Opportunity:

• Put your expanded functions to work in a pediatric dental practice.
• Enjoy a consistent, manageable schedule.
• Work alongside a supportive team that values collaboration and patient care.
• Make a lasting impact by helping children build healthy dental habits and positive experiences.
• Opportunity to grow your skills and career within Coastal Kids Dental & Braces.

What You’ll Do:

As an EDDA, you’ll play an important role in both patient care and clinical support. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assist the dentist with restorative, endodontic, surgical, and other dental procedures.
• Perform expanded functions within the scope of state regulations, including placing and contouring restorations, taking impressions, and applying sealants.
• Take dental radiographs and complete preliminary charting.
• Prepare and maintain instruments, equipment, and treatment materials.
• Follow infection control and sterilization protocols.
• Welcome and prepare patients for treatment while helping create a comfortable, positive experience.
• Provide patients and families with post-treatment and oral hygiene instructions.
• Maintain accurate patient records and documentation.
• Help maintain inventory and ensure clinical supplies are available.
• Support the overall flow and efficiency of the practice.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re looking for someone who is confident in their clinical skills, dependable, organized, and genuinely enjoys working with children.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Required state dental assisting certifications/credentials, including applicable radiology, nitrous oxide, and expanded function/expanded duties certifications.
• Current CPR certification.
• Previous dental assisting experience preferred.
• Bilingual skills are a plus, but not required.

You’ll be a great fit if you:

• Enjoy working as part of a collaborative team.
• Have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Provide exceptional patient service with a warm, positive attitude.
• Are organized, detail-oriented, and able to multitask.
• Take pride in providing high-quality clinical care.
• Are comfortable learning new technology and software.
• Bring a professional, dependable, and team-first attitude to work every day.

Make a Difference. Grow Your Career. Create Smiles.

If you’re an EDDA who wants to use your skills, enjoy a balanced schedule, and make a difference in the lives of children , we’d love to meet you!

Join Coastal Kids Dental & Braces – James Island and be part of a team that helps create healthy smiles and positive dental experiences for years to come.