Orthodontics Assistant
Position Summary
Assist Doctor, set up and maintenance of equipment, prepare patient for treatment from beginning to end of orthodontic patient appointment.
Essential Functions
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Prepare patient, sterilize or disinfect instruments, set up instrument trays, prepare materials, or assist Doctor during orthodontic procedures.
• Record treatment information in patient records.
Chart existing and proposed treatment in Dolphin.
• Expose dental diagnostic x-rays.
Is responsible for x-ray sensor care and guidelines.
• Take and record medical and dental histories of patients.
• Assist Doctor in management of medical or orthodontic emergencies.
• Provide postoperative instructions prescribed by Doctor.
Dismiss patients with proper hand offs to other departments.
• Instruct patients in oral hygiene and orthodontic care.
• May be designated as the Orthodontic Clinical Inventory Administrator.
This duty is required to conduct orthodontic supply inventory, order supplies and track budgets for inventory in the orthodontic office.
• Assist in the removal of braces and clean up, delivery of full bonding, bonded retainers, bands and clear aligners.
• Must be able to take diagnosable series 8 photographs, panoramic x-rays, cephalometric x-rays, and impressions.
• Fabricate temporary restorations or custom impressions from preliminary impressions.
• Make preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
• Pour, trim, and polish study casts, prepare whitening trays and essix retainers.
• Clean and polish removable appliances.
• Apply protective coating of fluoride to teeth.
• Complies with: Dental Depot policies and procedures; OSHA policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; and HIPAA policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Position may be required to relocate to other Dental Depot clinics either permanently or on a short term basis due to office needs, on an as needed basis at the discretion of Management.
• This position may complete other Administrative and Maintenance tasks as assigned by Management.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance
- Rate: Not Specified
- Location: Oklahoma City, US-OK
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Medical
- Recruiter: Dental Depot
- Contact: Not Specified
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: DF192
- Posted: 2024-04-24 08:09:05 -
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