dental assistant

Education

• Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

Asset languages

• Persian

Work setting

• Dental practice
• Denturist's practice

Tasks

• Prepare patients for dental examinations
• Prepare plaster models and moulds
• Cast gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases
• Order dental and office supplies
• Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
• Maintain and order supplies
• Mould wax over dentures set-up
• Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
• Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
• Finish metal framework of dentures
• Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
• Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Record dental procedures performed on patients
• Invoice patients for dental services
• Polish and buff dentures
• Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
• Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available for the advertised start date?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Experience

• 5 years or more

Other benefits

• Learning / training paid by employer
• Parking available
• Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
• Langue de travail : Anglais
• Heures de travail : 37.5 hours per week