Provide chair side assistance such as transferring instruments, manipulating materials, and retraction of soft tissue and evacuation of fluids.

Assist in the application of rubber dam, prepare anesthetic syringe, prepare matrix band. Sharpen and sterilize dental instruments.

Instruct patients or proper oral hygiene techniques.

Maintain aseptic environment in patient care areas including followinginfection control procedures, clean and disinfect clinical surfaces, clean, disinfect and sterilize instruments and equipment.

Manages the inventory of prosthetic, dental and general clinic supplies and orders supplies when necessary

Make and coordinate appointments for patients in other hospital clinics for consultations and treatment.

Make dental impressions for diagnostic purposes under supervision of dentist.

Prepares and takes digital, 2 dimensional pictures and film based radiographs, trains lower level staff on technique and radiation protection requirements.

Check dates on lab cases to make sure to coordinate with patient appointment                          

Prepares day sheet which lists patient appointment, procedure and practitioner.

Other duties as assigned.

1.   Two years (24 months) of work experience in dental assisting comparable to that performed at the Dental Assistant II level of this series, including experience in four-handed dentistry.

OR

2.   Current certification as a Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) by the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB), if required by the employing institution.