Dental Assistant or EFDA - Advanced Dental Partners

Progressive Dental Concepts • Full-time • Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States • $39.92k - $53.49k / year • 3m ago

Are you an enthusiastic Dental Assistant who loves dentistry? Does helping patients feel their best by creating healthy smiles drive your dental passion? Do you love sharing your education and knowledge to encourage patients on the best way to take care of their teeth? Do you desire to be part of a team that focuses on delivering an outstanding patient experience? If your answer is yes, look no further. Advanced Dental Partners could be your new forever team.

At Advanced Dental Partners, a Progressive Dental Concepts supported office, we are looking for a skilled Dental Assistant or Expanded Functions Dental Assistant who will continue to enhance our remarkable practice through teamwork and partnership. Patients are our number one focus, and our Expanded Functions Dental Assistants are a vital part of the overall patient experience, ensuring excellent customer service to every patient. Our patients are family, and our families deserve the best care in town. If you want to be part of something bigger, something life changing, apply today.

Who is Progressive Dental Concepts?

Owned and operated by dentists, Progressive Dental Concepts is a locally owned and community focused dental support group dedicated to the growth, values, and lifestyle of dental professionals. Fast-growing, we are the largest general dentistry practice group in central PA.

We care about our teams. Our culture encourages our team members to continue to learn and grow within the dental field. We provide educational support and advancement opportunities to accelerate your dental career.

Responsibilities:

As an Expanded Functions Dental Assistant, you are an essential member of our clinical team. You will be partnering together with our talented doctors who are committed to providing excellent dental care to our patients. Responsibilities for the role include:

Partner with doctors to improve oral health, solving dental challenges and bettering smiles every day
Welcome patients in the dental office
Tear down and sterilize treatment rooms
Help educate patients on appropriate oral hygiene strategies
Complete lab prescriptions: coordinate lab cases for packaging and pick up
Document and update patient dental, health, and medication history in Open Dental
Prepare patients for treatments and ensure their comfort
Select and set up instruments, equipment and materials needed
Sterilize instruments according to regulations
Effectively assist the dentist through 4-handed dentistry in accordance with the state dental practice act
Undertake lab tasks as instructed
Provide oral hygiene and post-operative care instructions
Keep the dental room clean and well-stocked
Schedule appointments
Maintain accurate patient records and assist with payment procedures
Tear down and sterilize treatment rooms
Help educate patients on appropriate oral hygiene strategies
Complete lab prescriptions: coordinate lab cases for packaging and pick up
Document and update patient dental, health, and medication history in Open Dental
Follow all OSHA guidelines and regulations
Maintain patient confidentiality through HIPAA compliance
Keep a clean, sanitized work area, and ensure the equipment is used properly to prolong the lifespan of the machines
Interact with Front Desk, Dental Assistants, and other Hygienists daily, in a cooperative and friendly manner
Place and contour composite restorations - EFDA
Place sealants - EFDA
Perform Coronal Polishing - EFDA