Muskegon Family Care is looking for 2 Dental Assistant's to join our team. Muskegon Family Care offers a competitive benefit package including Tuition Reimbursement up to $1,500 annually, 401K with a 3% employer contribution, weekends and holidays off.
Under the direct supervision of the Dental Manager and in collaboration with the Dental Director, Dental Assistants must possess the ability to assist dentist during the examination and treatment of patients by performing the following duties:
Provide knowledgeable assistance to the treating dentist.
Assume responsibility for initial dental laboratory needs.
Initiate and maintain diagnostic and treatment records.
Performs and/or conducts a variety of routine and non-routine technical procedures while providing direct chair-side assistance to the treating dentist.
Takes intra-oral, and pantographic x-ray, take dental impressions, and places dental and conditioning materials at the direction of the treating dentist.
Performs required laboratory work, trims, and pours diagnostic models, fabricates temporaries, baseplates, and templates for crown and bridge work, writes laboratory prescription, prepares models for mailing to outside laboratory technicians.
Required to walk, stand (for extended period of time), crouch, use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach forward with hands and arms.
Cleans and maintains equipment used in procedures, maintains organized tray set-up for the treating dentist, and assures the sterile conditions of rooms.