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GraceMed Health Clinic Dental Assistant in Wichita, Kansas
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13007115
Essential Role:Provides dental assistance to complement the dentists role of delivering primary dental care services at GraceMed Health Clinic, Inc. Duties & Responsibilities:
- Prepares the patient for treatment, accesses dental records and provides instruments and materials needed during treatment procedures.
- Obtains and/or reviews patient and family history in dental record.
- Chaperones and assists dentists during exams and procedures.
- Returns or receives patient phone calls during office hours; performs triage of patients by phone or in office, assesses dental needs of patient and coordinates appropriate care or interventions and refers to licensed staff or providers as indicated.
- Maintains and stocks exam rooms.
- Cleans and sterilizes equipment and instruments.
- Provides post-treatment and oral health care instruction as requested.
- Takes impressions for study models/crowns/bridges/dentures/partial dentures, and when necessary, pours up models.
- Takes digital xrays as directed by the dentist.
- Maintains clinical equipment and supplies.
- Performs direct patient care within the limits of his/her training and capabilities when the dentist is unavailable.
- Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
- Assists in the development and documentation of protocols related to his/her job functions.
- Performs other appropriate duties as requested by supervisors.