Ma Jona Edquila

Dental Assistant في Clinic for Cosmetic Dentistry

• الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
• أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ يوليو 2009

 Assist the Dentist in all areas of dental care services for adult and pediatric patients. Ensure that all equipment, materials are ready and available. Being available to assist any request from the Doctor at anytime needed.
 Ensure the effectiveness and optimal function of the dental operatory and orderly arrangement of patient’s record for efficient work.
 Prepare the treatment room for patient by following prescribed procedures and protocols.
 Prepare patients for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, seating, draping and dismissing them. Ensure that patient and the operatory room is ready before calling the doctor. Carry out pre and post-operative dental care.
 Charting. Ask patient’s complaint. Record patient’s medical/dental case histories and conditions of the oral cavity.
 Assist in dental implant surgery. With special skills in wax-up and stents for temporary crowns.
 Prepare and organize the dental operation with appropriate dental and surgery instruments, equipment and material.
 Taking dental radiographs and develop them.






 Perform oral prophylaxis, scaling, polishing and topical fluoride treatment.
 Making dental radiographic exposures and processing them, if necessary.
 Deep cleaning: (Class I, II, III, IV): sub-gingival scaling and root planning for periodontally compromised patients. Do Perio -exams, (measuring pocket depths, assessing tooth mobility, gum recession, bleeding, furcation involvement).
 Giving Oral Hygiene Instructions, Preventive Care, Periodontal Evaluation and Periodontal Maintenance Treatment.
 Perform in-office whitening and home bleaching system.
 Maintain aseptic and sterilization in accordance with Hospital Infection Control Program.
 Taking final impressions of prepared tooth for crowns, bridges, implant crowns, full/partial dentures and registering patients bite
 Making temporary crowns/bridges and facebow transfer.
 Taking final impressions of prepared tooth for crowns, bridges, implant crowns, full/partial dentures and registering patients bite
 Taking alginate impressions and pouring them for diagnostic casts.
 Maintain asepsis and sanitation in the clinic and environmental surfaces and keeping the contaminated instruments and supplies in safe manner to prevent the spread of infection.
 Being alert in difficult cases and administer oxygen and nitrous oxide for emergency care and apprehensive patients.
 Assist in hospital setting for patients to undergo general anesthesia.
 Maintain dental supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipate needed supplies and place orders if necessary.
 Establish friendly relationships and regular communication at senior level practitioner to meet the required standard of the departmental performance.
 Maintain professional-technical knowledge by attending conventions and seminars and be updated for dental innovations.
 Able to function as a team member both intra and interdepartmentally and keeping good rapport to patients and colleagues.
 Maintain excellent working relationships with clinical staff.