Description
Overview
Languages: English
Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years or equivalent experience
Experience: Experience an asset
On site: Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting: Dental practice, Specialty dental practice
Willing to relocate
Responsibilities
- Prepare patients for dental examinations
- Prepare plaster models and moulds
- Train other dental laboratory assistants
- Order dental and office supplies
- Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
- Maintain and order supplies
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
- Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
- Supervise students in training
- Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
- Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Perform intra-oral duties
- Take and develop X-rays
- Record dental procedures performed on patients
- Polish and buff dentures
- Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
- Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts
Supervision
1 to 2 people
Credentials
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses: Certification by the National Dental Assisting Examining Board
Experience and specialization
- Technical expertise (dental): Plastering, Packing, Waxing-up, Polishing, Assembly
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Windows
- MS Word
Equipment, systems and controls experience
Medical and biomedical equipment and systems
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment, Work under pressure, Tight deadlines, Repetitive tasks, Physically demanding, Attention to detail, Ability to distinguish between colours, Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal suitability: Client focus, Efficient interpersonal skills, Flexibility, Judgement, Team player, Accurate, Dependability, Excellent oral communication, Excellent written communication, Initiative, Reliability
Benefits
- Health benefits: Health care plan, Vision care benefits
- Other Benefits: On-site amenities, Other benefits, Team building opportunities, Parking available