Dental Assistant

Looking for a dental assistant with the following experience:

• Calming patients down when they are anxious
• Asking patients to sign consent forms and giving post-operative instructions
• Sterilizing dental instruments and using an autoclave, to maintain a sterile work environment for the well-being of the patients
• Maintaining dental hand pieces and dental chair parts, to extend its longevity
• Taking panoramic, periapical, bite-wing, and full mouth diagnostic X-rays, in compliance with dental protocol
• Maintaining and cleaning dental unit waterlines
• Assisting a dentist during minor procedures, such as comprehensive and periodontal examinations, prophylaxis, filling, and more
• Assisting a dentist during major procedures, such as implant-related surgeries, tooth extractions, bone-grafting, periodontal-related, and more

Requirements/Preferences:

• 20/20 vision
• Proficiency in English
• Proficiency in Korean (optional)
• Dental Assisting Program graduate or dental career is preferred

Job Types: Temporary, Contract, Part-time, Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Dental assisting: 1 year (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)

License/Certification:

• Radiation Safety Certification (Preferred)
• Coronal Polishing Certification (Preferred)
• X-ray Certification (Required)
• Infection Control Certification (Required)

Work Location: In person