Main Areas of Responsibility:
• Receives patients and prepares them for dental procedures, both physically and emotionally; interviews and conducts preliminary assessment and triage of patients to determine reasons for visit, obtains dental health history and checks appropriate vitals, records data on clients EMR chart;
• Assists dentists in usual and customary procedures, including four (4) handed dentistry; providing dentists with all instruments and general materials used for procedures;
Additional Areas of Responsibility:
Under the direction of the Dental Director and Associate Dental Director, the Dental Assistant I provides clinical support to the dentist and dental hygienist with usual and customary dental procedures and patient education, assuring patient safety and comfort.
Assists with conducting patient case management tasks and patient discharge plans to include patient referrals, prescription refills,