Dental Assistant Job at Lone Star Family Health Center, Conroe, TX

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  • Lone Star Family Health Center
  • Conroe, TX

Job Description

The Dental Assistant supports dental care delivery by preparing treatment room, patient, instruments, and materials; passing instruments and materials; performing procedures in compliance with the dental practice act.

Standard hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Assist dentists with four handed dentistry and dental hygienists during procedures and or examinations.
  • Help maintain the doctors' schedule and patient flow, creating no patient wait time.
  • Exposing diagnosable radiographs.
  • Verify patient medical and dental health history (basic health review, medications, understanding impact with dentistry) as well as transcribe vitals and other important information in the patient chart.
  • Sterilizes instruments and equipment after each patient. Maintains cleanliness of treatment room and sterilization area.
  • Treatment planning, documenting conditions and charging out treatment in patient records, as well as obtaining all consents for treatment in the patient chart.
  • Instruct patients in oral hygiene and post op instructions prescribed by the doctor.
  • Apply protective coating of fluoride to teeth and assist hygienists with polishing children under 10.
  • Fabricate temporary restorations and custom impressions from preliminary impressions.
  • Perform all weekly and monthly equipment maintenance duties such as running lines, changing traps etc.
  • Informing lead assistant or manager of inventory needs and avoiding wasteful practices of products. Keeping rooms stocked.
  • Maintaining lab cases outgoing documentation, and delivery dates for your assigned doctor. Checking the schedule for upcoming delivery appointments.
  • Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
Education and Experience:

Bilingual English and Spanish required.
Texas RDA License and CPR (BLS) certificate required.
Minimum of 1 year work experience as a Dental Assistant required.
Nitrous oxide sedation monitoring, prophy and sealant certificates preferred.

Job Tags

Work experience placement, Monday to Friday,

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