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Location

Carlsbad, CA | United States

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Job description

Join our dynamic and personal dental team.

We are looking for a positive and approachable individual join our vibrant cosmetic and general dental practice. If you're passionate about creating a positive change to our patients, our team and yourself, we want you on board. You will be joining another dental assistant in a practice dedicated to excellence in service and while having fun doing so.

Our dental practice is seeking a dental assistant to help:

• Assisting the dentist during a variety of treatment procedures.
• Taking and developing dental radiographs (x-rays).
• Asking about the patient's medical history and taking blood pressure and pulse.
• Serving as an infection control officer, developing infection control protocol, and preparing and sterilizing instruments and equipment.
• Helping patients feel comfortable before, during, and after dental treatment.
• Providing patients with instructions for oral care following surgery or other dental treatment procedures, such as the placement of a restoration (filling).
• Teaching patients appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health; (e.g., tooth brushing, flossing, and nutritional counseling).
• Taking impressions of patient's teeth for study casts (models of teeth).
• Performing office management tasks that often require the use of a computer.
• Communicating with patients and suppliers (e.g., scheduling appointments, answering the telephone, billing, and ordering supplies).
• Helping to provide direct patient care in all dental specialties, including orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, and oral surgery.

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Salary

$20 - $28 per hour