DENTAL ASSISTANT

The Dental Assistant will assist the dentist in providing direct dental evaluations, patient care/treatment such as fillings or extractions, and performing dental x-rays. The Dental Assistant will answer phones, schedules appointments, coordinate clinic activities with hospital unit staff and other specialty clinic staff. The position will involve providing oral hygiene and dental problem prevention education to patients/residents and maintain hospital dental clinic records and assure completion of those records. The Dental Assistant maintains dental clinic supplies and equipment, decontaminates and cleans instruments after use, prepare instruments for sterilization, sterilizes and stores instruments and supplies for future use.