dental assistant
Griesbach Dental
Edmonton, AB, CA
$30 an hour (estimated)
Permanent
- Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
- Langue de travail : Anglais
- Heures de travail : 40 hours per week
- Education :
- Expérience :
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work setting
Dental practice
Tasks
- Prepare patients for dental examinations
- Prepare plaster models and moulds
- Train and supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory assistants
- Cast gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases
- Order dental and office supplies
- Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
- Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
- Design, fabricate or repair dental devices
- Maintain and order supplies
- Mould wax over dentures set-up
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
- Finish metal framework of dentures
- Supervise students in training
- Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
- Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
- Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys
- Invoice patients for dental services
- Polish and buff dentures
- Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Registration with provincial or territorial authorities
- Certification by the National Dental Assisting Examining Board
Technical expertise (dental)
- Plastering
- Packing
- Waxing-up
- Casting
- Polishing
- Assembly
Area of specialization
- Full dentures
- Partial dentures
- Orthodontic appliances
- Crowns and bridges
- Ceramic or porcelain application
- Gold dies and goldwork
- Chrome castings
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Team player
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Reliability
Experience
- 1 year to less than 2 years
7 days ago