Dental Assistant: Flexible Schedule, Competitive Pay & Growth

Elevate Smile Center; Mechanicsville (VA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Careers Advancement Opportunities

Flexible Scheduling

Competitive Compensation

Paid time off

Job summary

Elevate Smile Center in Mechanicsville, VA is seeking a Dental Assistant to provide top-notch dental care and support the dentist during exams and procedures. You will help with scheduling and administrative tasks while ensuring patients feel like family.

The ideal candidate holds X-ray certification, has experience as a Dental Assistant, and excels in communication and patient care to create a welcoming, high-quality patient experience.

Qualifications

• X-ray certification required.
• Previous dental assisting experience required.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills expected.
• Ability to provide high-quality patient care expected.

Responsibilities

• Welcome patients into the treatment area and make them feel comfortable.
• Discuss the dental care plan with patients and answer any questions they have.
• Take vital signs and accurately record medical history.
• Assist the dentist during general, restorative, cosmetic, endodontic, prosthodontic, and surgical dental procedures.
• Prepare treatment rooms, instruments, materials, and equipment before each procedure.
• Provide efficient four-handed dentistry, including suctioning, retraction, instrument transfer, and moisture control.
• Assist with crowns, bridges, veneers, fillings, root canals, extractions, implant procedures, and other treatments.
• Take dental radiographs, including bitewings, periapical images, and panoramic images, as permitted by Virginia regulations.
• Take intraoral photographs and digital impressions or scans as directed.
• Prepare temporary crowns, impressions or SCANS, bite registrations, and other dental materials within the assistant's authorized scope.
• Provide patients with preoperative and postoperative instructions as directed by the dentist.
• Monitor patient comfort throughout treatment.
• Schedule appointments

Skills

X-ray certification

Previous dental assisting experience

Excellent communication and customer

Ability to provide high-quality

Job description

Elevate Smile Center in Mechanicsville, VA is seeking a Dental Assistant to provide top-notch dental care and support the dentist during exams and procedures. You will help with scheduling and administrative tasks while ensuring patients feel like family.

The ideal candidate holds X-ray certification, has experience as a Dental Assistant, and excels in communication and patient care to create a welcoming, high-quality patient experience.