💰 Competitive Pay: Hourly rates start at $25/hr, with higher compensation available for candidates with extensive experience!

Responsibilities: 

✔ Expert chairside assistance for a wide range of general and advanced dental procedures, ensuring efficiency and patient comfort.
✔ Mentor and train junior dental assistants, sharing best practices in infection control, chairside techniques, and patient care.
✔ Oversee treatment room preparation, ensuring sterilized instruments, proper setup, and seamless procedure execution.
✔ Educate patients on oral hygiene, post-treatment care, and preventive practices.
✔ Support complex procedures such as root canals, extractions, crowns, bridges, and implant placements.
✔ Manage and maintain dental instruments and equipment, ensuring compliance with sterilization and safety protocols.
✔ Coordinate with the front office team to optimize patient scheduling and treatment flow.
✔ Ensure strict compliance with infection control and sterilization protocols.
✔ Take and process high-quality digital dental radiographs (X-rays) with precision and adherence to safety standards.

Qualifications:

✔ 3+ years of experience as a Chairside Dental Assistant in a general dentistry setting.
✔ Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) or equivalent credentials from an accredited program.
✔ Proficiency in four-handed dentistry and advanced chairside techniques.
✔ Strong knowledge of dental procedures, instruments, and materials, including implant and surgical procedures.
✔ Expertise in taking and processing digital X-rays.
✔ Leadership skills with experience mentoring and training junior assistants.
✔ Strong organizational and multitasking abilities to manage high-volume patient flow across multiple locations.
✔ Excellent communication skills and a patient-first approach.
✔ Commitment to professionalism, confidentiality, and compliance with OSHA, HIPAA, and infection control standards.
✔ Familiarity with Dentrix Ascend (a plus!).