dental assistant

at  Toronto Family Dental

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
• Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
• or equivalent experience

COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE

• MS Excel
• MS Outlook
• MS Word

EQUIPMENT, EYSTEMS AND CONTROLS EXPERIENCE

• Medical and biomedical equipment and systems

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities

• Prepare patients for dental examinations
• Prepare plaster models and moulds
• Supervise dental assistants in their health care functions
• Train other dental laboratory assistants
• Order dental and office supplies
• Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
• Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
• Maintain and order supplies
• Perform reception and clerical duties
• Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
• Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
• Finish metal framework of dentures
• Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
• Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
• Perform intra-oral duties
• Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys
• Record dental procedures performed on patients
• Invoice patients for dental services
• Polish and buff dentures
• Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
• Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts