Periodontal Dental Assistant

42 NORTH DENTAL; Groton (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading dental practice as a Full-Time Periodontic Dental Assistant, providing essential clinical support and ensuring a positive patient experience. This role includes assisting during procedures, patient education, and maintaining compliance with health standards. Enjoy benefits like health and dental insurance, ongoing education, and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Health Insurance with optional HSA

Dental benefits including free cleanings

Vision coverage

Employee assistance program

401K with financial assistance

Continuing education at no cost

Qualifications

• Knowledge of dental procedures and terminology required.
• C.D.A. preferred.
• Possess required state certifications, licensure, or registration.

Responsibilities

• Greet and prepare patients for treatment.
• Provide chairside assistance during dental procedures.
• Expose radiographs and provide post-operative instructions.

Skills

Knowledge of dental procedures and terminology

Education

C.D.A.

State-required certifications or licensure

Job description

Overview

This is a Full-Time Periodontic Dental Assistant role.

Salary range is $29-$33 an hour.

Requires local travel between the following locations: Groton, Bloomfield, and East Hartford.

Why You’ll Love this Dental Assistant Job!

Do you have strong verbal skills? Are you able to embrace a positive team approach to patient care? If so, then you’d be a great fit for our Dental Assistant position at.

The Dental Assistant provides clinical support to facilitate the relationship between our patients and dentists, increase the efficiency of delivering quality dental care and maintain communication between dentists, patients and administrative staff to ensure a positive patient experience.

Benefits

• Health Insurance with optional HSA (healthcare savings account), (single or family coverage),gym/health club reimbursement, discounted health and fitness merchandise and more

• Dental benefits (including free cleanings)

• Vision coverage
• Employee assistance program with unlimited access to free mental health support, legal advice, financial counseling, and more

• 401K with dedicated financial assistance

• Continuing education through work at no cost to you.

When you join 42 North Dental, you will be part of a team that always has your back and trusts your expertise.

If you want to make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives, apply for the Dental Assistant position today!

Our Specialty team travelsto multiple locations. Reliable transportation and willingness to travel required.Mileage reimbursement provided.

Responsibilities

• Greet and prepare patients for treatment

• Provide chairside assistance during a variety of dental procedures

• Expose radiographs and intra-oral pictures

• Provide post operative instructions and patient education

• Prepare, breakdown, disinfect and sterilize treatment rooms and instruments

• Maintain strict compliance to infection control, CDC, OSHA and HIPPA

• Maintain dental supply inventory

• Perform other related job duties as assigned
• Must demonstrate strong teamwork as the providers assisted are subject to change dependent upon the practice needs.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of dental procedures and terminology

• C.D.A. preferred

• Possess required certifications, licensure or registration as required by state