Dental Assistant
DENTAL CENTER
Total years of experience :5 years, 1 Months
• Assist the dentist during dental procedures, examinations and patient treatments.
• Prepare the clinic; sterilize the dental equipment after every use, and set-up instrument trays
• Obtain patient’s dental medical history, maintain treatment records, and update patient’s files as needed
• Assist the dentist by holding and passing instruments and retracting tissues and clearing patient’s mouth from saliva or dental material using handheld suction, and air-spraying equipment
• Retrieves, sets up and lays out dental equipment and dental instruments, and mixes materials
• Assists processing dental radiographs as dentist orders and assist in the monitoring and maintenance of radiation safety procedures and protocols
• Provide patients with dental advice on how to maintain oral health, and instructions for tooth brushing and flossing
• Respond to patient queries and complains, and assist in resolving concerns.
• Monitors and maintains dental equipment and instruments (lubricates, cleans, flushes and drains equipment, reporting of defective equipment)
• Maintain and restock dental supplies, in a timely manner.
• Assisting Dentists across the practice to ensure the provision of a trusted and efficient dental service.
• Preparing the surgery for dental treatment and ensuring the availability of all dental tools.
• Ensuring all stock is available in the treatment room including instruments and medications
• Arrange appointments for patients
• Able to advise patients in oral hygiene
• Managing and coordinating the dentists diary
• Ensuring the careful sterilization of dental instruments to achieve sterile condition in line with the dental surgery health and safety policy
• Ensuring that the patient is comfortable and as relaxed as possible during treatment
• Preparing materials such as fillings for the dentists to use
• Recording dentist dictations for the patient records and communicating with patients to outline treatment details