Proof of radiology competency set by the state of Michigan preferred.

Basic Life Support/CPR training according to requirements of license and/or certification.

• Escort patients, prepare them for treatment and provide assistance in the educational and preventive care of proper oral hygiene.
• Assist dentist in the performance of procedures by setting up trays disinfecting equipment, sterilizing instruments, equipment maintenance and maintaining a clean and efficient work area through practice of universal precautions.
• Maintain patient records and assist in recording patient information.
• Explain oral hygiene and post-op instructions to patients/guardians.
• Perform dental radiographic procedures.
• Complete instrument transfers.
• Take alginate impressions, pour and trim models.
• Maintain Aseptic environment.
• Monitor supplies and order as needed

• Under the direction of the Dentist, may assist in dental procedures performed in a hospital operating room. Specific duties would be similar to those performed in the clinic setting. Hospital orientation is required prior to working in the hospital.
• Classify occlusion
• Inspect and chart of the oral cavity
• Applying sealants and fluoride
• Remove excess cement from supragingival surfaces
• Polish teeth before a procedure that requires acid etching
• Replace existing temporary restorations, crowns, and bridges
• Cement and remove temporary crowns
• Remove sutures
• Place, condense, and carve amalgam restorations
• Place Class I bonded restorations, occlusal adjustment, finish, and polish with non-tissue cutting rotary hand pieces
• Take final impressions for indirect restorations
• Assist and monitor of N2O (upon course completion)
• Perform pulp vitality testing
• Place and remove matrices and wedges, rubber dams, and norepinephrine retraction cord.
• Apply cavity liners and bases
• Apply desensitizing agents
• Take impressions for mouth guards and bite splints.
• Dry endodontic canals with absorbent points
• Other duties as assigned.