Dentist- Endodontist

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Temple (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, is seeking an Endodontist to provide comprehensive endodontic services to Veterans within Dental Service. The position emphasizes adherence to VHA, Medical Center, and Dental Service standards while delivering high-quality patient care.

Applicants may be referred during recruitment if still completing education or licensure, but final appointment requires full credentialing.

Qualifications

• DDS/ DMD degree from CODA-approved school.
• Residency or comparable experience in treating medically compromised patients.
• Current, full and unrestricted dental license in the U.S. or District of Columbia.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive endodontic treatment to Veterans.
• Deliver dental care per VHA, Medical Center, and Dental Service policies.
• Duties span endodontic therapy, restorative and oral surgical procedures when needed.

Skills

Advanced dental skills

Infection control

Radiographs & diagnostics

Endodontic therapy

Oral surgery experience

Prosthodontics knowledge

Education

DDS or DMD from CODA-approved school

Residency in General Practice or specialty

Current full unrestricted dental license

Job description

The Endodontist serves as a practicing dental specialist within Dental Service, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS), providing a full range of professional endodontic procedures within the scope of the specialty. The incumbent delivers comprehensive dental care to Veterans in accordance with VHA, Medical Center, and Dental Service policies and standards.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Dentist Basic Requirements

• A degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery or dental medicine resulting from a course of education in dentistry. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are (1) United States and Canadian schools of dentistry listed by the Commission on Dental Accreditation(CODA), in the list published for the year in which the course of study was completed.(2) Schools (including foreign schools) accepted by the licensing body of a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia as qualifying for full and unrestricted licensure provided the licensure requirements include a written examination measuring science achievement and a performance examination measuring clinical competence certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. ~AND~
• Completed, or you are currently completing, a residency program in general practice or specialty, or comparable experience as a dentist actively involved in treating medically compromised patients. ~AND~
• Currently hold, or will hold, a current, full and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. Note: Dentists must maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure.

Preferred Experience:

• Advanced skills to provide a full range of clinical duties to determine the type of degree of illness within the dental scope.
• Advance skills and knowledge of Dental practices.
• Working knowledge and in compliance with Safety and Environment of Care (EOC) standards and programs such as MSDS Requirements, The Joint Commission EOC Standards, GEMS Programs, Infection Control Guidelines for Dentistry including management of RME, etc.
• Diagnostic procedures: Comprehensive exams utilizing radiographs, pulp testing, oral cancer screening, adjunctive medical laboratory studies. Preventative dentistry: Dental prophylaxis, topical fluoride treatments, dental sealants, enameloplasty, odontoplasty, athletic mouth guard/fluoride carrier, maintenance of dental implants.
• Restorative dentistry: Restorations utilizing various filling materials, post and core. Prosthodontics: Dentures, Partials, Crowns, bridges, onlays, inlays, porcelain restorations, CAD/CAM restorations, Valplast partials, treatment partials, obturators, Sleep Apnea appliances, TMJ splints, positioners, nightguards, equilibration. Periodontics: Scale, root planning, curettage, soft tissue/ free gingival grafts, flap surgery, osseous surgery to include: osseous grafts, hemi-sections, frenectomy, distal wedge resection, and crown lengthening.
• Endodontic Therapy: Routine endodontic procedure/ retreatments, pulpectomies, conventional and rotary preparation and obturation, post and core restorations, apicoectomy, treatment for trauma and perforations with MDA. Oral Surgery: Extractions, surgical extractions, impacted tooth removal, alveoloplasty, removal of Tori, pre-prosthetic surgery, biopsy, treatment of ORNJ/BRONJ. Non-Surgical treatment for TMJ disorders. Miscellaneous: Implant placement and restoration. Implant removal, and IV sedation.

Reference:

For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements:

This position may require potentially long periods of continued Moderate lifting of 15-44 pounds, Light lifting under 15 pounds, Ability to distinguish basic colors, Hearing (aid may be permitted).