DENTAL ASSISTANT, SDM Dental Health Center

Tracking Code21500011590928Job Description

The Dental Assistant provides clinical support by assisting the dentist in various dental procedures, exposing radiographs, taking impressions, fabricating and cementing temporary crowns, ensuring optimal patient comfort, sterilizing instruments, practicing infection control and OHSA standards in the operatory prior, during and after said procedures. Ensures assigned operatories are cleaned and disinfected. Additional Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Collects patient data by reviewing medical history, taking blood pressure and pulse, and charting clinical findings as directed by the dentist
• Contacts patients as needed and reviews schedules for optimal utilization
• Reviews and enters treatment plans
• Organizes lab cases by monitoring completion dates
• Ensures each assigned operatory is set-up and ready prior to seeing each patient
• Provides patient education by giving pre and post operative instructions including oral hygiene instructions
• May be responsible for the ordering supplies as needed

Required Skills1-3 years of experience and Tech or Vocational training required.

Continued employment/ affiliation is contingent upon strict adherence, at all times, to all applicable safety and security rules, procedures, and protocols, as well as required training regimens.

Please note all newly hired staff and faculty will need to be in compliance with Boston University’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirement within 30 days of date of hire. You must upload your vaccine documentation or request a medical or religious exemption (instructions). For further information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please visit the COVID-19 Resources site.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy, or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Job LocationBOSTON, Massachusetts, United StatesPosition TypeFull-Time/Regular