Registered Dental Assistant

at  Calgary Dental Group

REQUIREMENTS:

• Dental assisting certification or relevant experience
• Proficiency in Cleardent Preferred but willing to train the right candidate
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong attention to detail and organizational abilities
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment

• Prepare patients for dental examination and assist the dentist during examinations and dental treatments
• Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
• Prepare dental instruments, fillings, compounds and various dental materials
• Take and develop X-rays
• Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
• Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts
• Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
• Perform clerical duties such as prepare invoices, process payments, schedule patient appointments, record dental procedures performed and order dental and office supplies
• May perform intra-oral duties such as remove sutures, take and record vital signs, apply desensitizing agents, topical anaesthetic, anticariogenic agents and coronal whitening, fabricate, place, and remove temporary crowns and restorations, and apply and remove rubber dams
• May also perform pulp vitality testing as well as periodontal screening and recording.