Registered Dental Assistant

Laredo, TX
Full Time
Mid Level

Job description

Dentistry can be fun in the right environment. If you love helping patients and working with a great team, look no further - Planet Dental wants to hear from you! We value our patients and our team. We are building our new practice team.

Dental Assistants help with dental procedures, work on administrative tasks and contribute to the care and support of patients. They play an important part in patient comfort, satisfaction, and education on dental treatments and procedures.

Work Location: In Office

Duties to include:

  • Assist at chair side
  • Deliver "WOW!" experience to patients and guardians
  • Deliver high quality oral hygiene instruction
  • Take digital X-rays
  • Take intra-oral images
  • Apply topical anesthetic and fluoride treatments
  • Take impressions and bite registrations
  • Adaptation of temporary crowns
  • Remove excess cement from fabricated restorations and orthodontic bands
  • Pour impressions to make stone, plaster and trims models
  • Fabricate mouth guards, temporary crowns, and custom impression trays
  • Prepare casting models and dies
  • Handle instrument cleaning, sterilization/disinfection and re-circulation
  • Perform dental treatment room disinfection
  • Other duties as assigned

Required Experience:

  • Active Texas Dental Assisting License or License in process
  • Valid and current BLS certificate

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong verbal communication skills

About Planet Dental:

Planet Dental serves the Laredo community with compassion, clinical excellence, value and professionalism. We are here to improve the oral healthcare of our patients through dental education and advanced dental care, which will lead to an improved quality of life. We believe in a 100% customer service approach and pride ourselves on having a team that treats every patient with kindness.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $12.50 per hour

Benefits:

  • Bereavement leave
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • On-the-job training
  • Opportunities for advancement
  • Paid time off
  • Uniform allowance
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • Afternoon shift
  • Day shift
  • Evening shift
  • Morning shift
  • Overtime
  • Weekends as needed

Experience:

  • Dental assisting: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

  • X-Ray Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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