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Job description:

LOOKING FOR DENTAL ASSISTANT

Terms of Employment : Permanent, Fulltime 

Salary : 34.10/ Hour; 35 Hours per week

Anticipated starting date : As soon as possible

No of Position  available :  2

Marketed to : Students, Youth, Indigenous People, Newcomers to Canada, Permanent residents of Canada and Canadians

Targeted to : Students, Youth, Indigenous People, New Comers to Canada, Permanent Residents of Canada and Canadians

Education :   Diploma OR Degree in the related subjects

Certificates, Licenses, Memberships, Courses, etc. : Not Required

Experience : Minimum 2 year

Languages: English

Work Settings : Dental Clinic 

Duties and Responsibilities :

Prepare patients for dental examination and assist the dentist during examinations and dental treatments. Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment

Prepare dental instruments, fillings, compounds and various dental materials

Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant

Take and develop X-rays. Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts

Educate patients concerning oral hygiene

Perform clerical duties such as prepare invoices, process payments, schedule patient appointments, record dental procedures performed and order supplies

May perform intra-oral duties such as take and record vital signs, apply desensitizing agents, topical anaesthetic, anticariogenic agents and coronal whitening, fabricate, place, and remove temporary crowns and restorations, and apply and remove rubber dams

May also perform pulp vitality testing as well as periodontal screening and recording.

• Collaborate with the dentist and office manager to minimize plastic waste:
• By conducting market research, identifying and introducing environmentally friendly and biodegradable materials for dental office use. The candidate would need to demonstrate knowledge of dental materials available locally and in the international market.
• Develop protocols for other staff to follow environmentally sustainable practices.
• Order dental and office supplies with an environmentally friendly approach.
• Provide feedback to the main dentist on how to target or develop with suppliers such materials for dental use.”
• Must have experience assisting specialized procedures in addition to regular dental assisting, including Oral Surgery, Implants, Root Canals, Gum and Perio Surgeries, Orthodontics, implant-supported dentures, all-on-one dentures, Full-Mouth Reconstruction, other Prosthodontics procedures, cosmetic restorations, and smile makeovers.
• Maintain and order regular supplies.
• Mus have experience with any one level of sedation dentistry.
• Educate patients on pre and post-operative instructions after oral surgery, gum surgery, implants, orthodontic bonding and sedation.
• Assist the prosthodontist in finishing metal framework of dentures”
• Have clinical charting experience with any one dental practice management software.
• Must have experience working with hard tissue and soft tissue lasers, wave one endodontics, any one implant system.
• Must know WHIMS, and experience with updating the WHIMS manual and training other staff on WHIMS.
• The candidate must have the ability to foresee and follow clinical instructions from dentists.

Transportation/ Travel information: Public Transit is available

Work Location Information :  1 – 512 Bristol Road West, Mississauga, Ontario, L5R 3Z1

Essential Skills : Reading Text, Numeracy, Writing, Communication, Working with others, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Job Task Planning and organizing, Significant use of Memory

Please send us your resume to hr@bristoldental.ca

Employer: Bristol Dental Clinic