DENTAL ASSISTANT, School of Dental Medicine, Dental Health Center
Boston University
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Posted: 21-Sep-24
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 5657468
DENTAL ASSISTANT, School of Dental Medicine, Dental Health Center
Tracking Code: 24500077800726
Job Description DENTAL ASSISTANT, School of Dental Medicine, Dental Health Center
Category Boston University Medical Campus --> Clinical Services Job Location BOSTON, MA, United States Tracking Code 24500077800726 Salary Grade Grade 45 Position Type Full-Time/Regular
Dental assistant provides support by assisting the dentist in various dental procedures, exposing radiographs, taking impressions, fabrication and cementing temporary crowns, ensuring optimal patient comfort, sterilizing instruments, practicing infection control and OSHA standards in the operatory prior, during and after procedures. Ensures assigned operatories are cleaned and disinfected. Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to: - collect patients data by reviewing medical history, taking blood pressure and charting clinical findings as directed by dentist. - contact patients as needed and reviews schedules for optimal utilization - reviews and enters treatment plans - organizes lab by monitoring completion dates - ensures each assigned operatory is set-up and ready prior seeing each patient - provides patient education by giving pre and post-operative instructions including oral hygiene instructions - may be responsible for ordering supplies if needed
Required Skills
Dental Assistant, digital radiography, electronic charting and records, use of digital technology preferred. Vocational Training required and 1-3 years of experience.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
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Job Location: BOSTON, MA Position Type: Full-Time/Regular Salary Grade: Grade 45
Boston University is no small operation. With over 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 140 countries, 10,000 faculty and staff, 16 schools and colleges, and 250 fields of study, our two campuses are always humming.