Dental Assistant Extern (Diablo Valley College)

La Clínica de La Raza Inc.; Canada; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-based health center is seeking a volunteer Dental Assistant Extern from Diablo Valley College in Canada. This role includes performing various dental duties under supervision, such as operating radiography equipment, taking impressions, and applying topical fluoride. Candidates must currently be enrolled as Dental Assistants at Diablo Valley College. This is a volunteer position, offering valuable experience in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Must have a radiographic safety certificate.
• Ability to take various dental impressions and operate dental radiography equipment.
• Experience in performing supportive procedures under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Perform extra-oral duties under the supervision of a licensed dentist.
• Take intraoral impressions and apply topical fluoride.
• Support dentist during various dental procedures.

Skills

Dental radiography operation

Intraoral and extraoral photography

Applying topical fluoride

Taking intraoral impressions

Education

Current Dental Assistant from Diablo Valley College

Job description

Dental Assistant Extern (Diablo Valley College)

Who we are: La Clínica de La Raza is a community-based health center committed to providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, and accessible health care to the diverse communities of the San Francisco Bay Area.

This position is only available to current Dental Assistantes from Diablo Valley College

DA Extern or Volunteer:
A dental assistant is expected to perform the following duties under the general supervision of a supervising licensed dentist:

• Extra-oral duties or procedures specified by the supervising licensed dentist, provided that these duties or procedures meet the definition of a basic supportive procedure.
• Operate dental radiography equipment for the purpose of oral radiography and have a radiographic safety certificate.
• Perform intraoral and extraoral photography.

A dental assistant may perform the following duties under the direct supervision of a supervising licensed dentist:

• Apply nonaerosol and noncaustic topical agents.
• Apply topical fluoride.
• Take intraoral impressions for all nonprosthodontic appliances.
• Take facebow transfers and bite registrations.
• Place and remove rubber dams or other isolation devices.
• Place, wedge, and remove matrices for restorative procedures.
• Remove postextraction dressings after inspection of the surgical site by the supervising licensed dentist.
• Perform measurements for the purposes of orthodontic treatment.
• Cure restorative or orthodontic materials in operative site with a light-curing device.
• Examine orthodontic appliances.
• Place and remove orthodontic separators.
• Remove ligature ties and archwires.
• After adjustment by the dentist, examine and seat removable orthodontic appliances and deliver care instructions to the patient

Please note this is a non-paid volunteer position.