Licensed Dental Assistant Job

Position: Licensed Dental Assistant
Hours: 8 hours per day (32 hours/week)
Hourly Wage: $37.00 (Depends on experience)
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits: Extended health eligibility (50% copay) after 3 months of employment, $200/year uniform/scrubs allowance after 3 months of employment, Weekly gas allowance at the clinic’s discretion
Vacancy: 1
Working location: 5311 Headland Dr. West Vancouver, BC V7W 3C5
Primary Service of Business: Dental Clinic Services

A dental office provides preventive, restorative, and cosmetic oral care. Services include cleanings, fillings, extractions, crowns, implants, orthodontics, and teeth whitening. Staff manage appointments, billing, insurance claims, and patient records.

MAIN DUTIES:

• Assist dentists by preparing patients for examinations and supporting dental procedures and treatments
• Clean, sterilize, and maintain dental instruments and equipment
• Prepare dental materials, fillings, compounds, and instruments required for procedures
• Take and process dental X-rays
• Polish teeth and crowns, and apply fluoride treatments and dental sealants
• Take preliminary dental impressions for diagnostic models
• Provide patients with oral hygiene education and instructions
• Perform administrative duties including preparing invoices, processing payments, scheduling appointments, maintaining patient records, and ordering dental and office supplies
• May perform intra-oral procedures such as removing sutures, recording vital signs, applying topical anesthetics and desensitizing agents, fabricating and removing temporary crowns and restorations, and applying or removing rubber dams
• May also conduct pulp vitality testing and assist with periodontal screening and charting

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Dental assistants require completion of an eight-month to one-year college or other program in dental assistance
• Registration with a regulatory body is required in all provinces except Quebec and Ontario
• Certification by the National Dental Assisting Examination Board is required to perform intra-oral duties in all provinces except in Quebec, where intra-oral duties are not performed by dental assistants

Due to the anticipated volume of responses, we will contact only those candidates who most closely match our requirements.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to [email protected] with "Licensed Dental Assistant" in the subject line.

A dental office provides preventive, restorative, and cosmetic oral care. Services include cleanings, fillings, extractions, crowns, implants, orthodontics, and teeth whitening. Staff manage appointments, billing, insurance claims, and patient records.