Dental Assistant View role

Todays Dental West Columbia; Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 37,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Sign-on bonus

Referral bonus

Gym membership for you and family

Year-end bonus

Continuing education

Job summary

Todays Dental West Columbia is seeking a reliable dental assistant to support the dentist through restorative, surgical, and emergency days, setting up, taking radiographs and impressions, and keeping patients informed about what is happening and why.

You will work chairside through restorative, surgical, and emergency days, ensuring steriIization, maintaining equipment, and adhering to OSHA/CDC standards while providing comfort and clear explanations to patients.

Qualifications

• Dental assisting credential and radiography certification as required by South Carolina.
• Current CPR/BLS certification.
• Chairside experience preferred; recent graduates welcomed.

Responsibilities

• Set up and break down operatories and maintain sterilization.
• Assist chairside through restorative, surgical, and emergency procedures using four-handed technique.
• Take digital radiographs, intraoral photos, and impressions or digital scans as directed.
• Pour models, fabricate temporaries, and perform expanded functions permitted by credentials.
• Provide post-operative instructions in plain language and answer patient questions.
• Maintain infection control, sterilization logs, and operatory stock to OSHA and CDC standards.

Skills

Dental assisting credential

Radiography certification

CPR/BLS certification

Patience with anxious patients

Job description

A good assistant makes the dentist faster and the patient calmer at the same time.

You will work chairside through restorative, surgical, and emergency days — setting up, taking radiographs and impressions, anticipating the next instrument before it is asked for, and keeping the person in the chair informed about what is happening and why.

We keep the operatories properly equipped and replace what slows you down, because an assistant fighting the equipment cannot look after the patient.

What you'll do

• Set up and break down operatories, sterilize instruments, and have the tray ready before the doctor sits down.
• Assist chairside through restorative, surgical, and emergency procedures using four-handed technique.
• Take digital radiographs, intraoral photos, and impressions or digital scans as directed.
• Pour models, fabricate temporaries, and perform expanded functions permitted by your credentials.
• Give post-operative instructions in plain language and answer the questions patients are too polite to ask the doctor.
• Maintain infection control, sterilization logs, and operatory stock to OSHA and CDC standards.

What we're looking for

• Dental assisting credential and radiography certification as required by South Carolina.
• Current CPR/BLS certification.
• Steady hands, a strong stomach, and genuine patience with anxious patients.
• Able to keep pace through a full day without cutting a corner on sterilization.
• Chairside experience preferred; we will happily consider a recent graduate who interviews well.

What we offer

• Competitive pay, reviewed annually and benchmarked above local market rates.
• Sign-on bonus and referral bonus.
• Paid time off.
• Health insurance coverage.
• Paid gym membership for you and your family.
• Year-end bonus for performance above target.
• Continuing education and certification renewals paid for.