Princess Dental Staffing
GENERAL DENTIST POOL - Sun Life Health - Casa Grande, AZ
- Permanent Dental Assistant Job
- Casa Grande, AZ
Job Description
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
Promotes and maintains patients health by providing dental services.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Assesses patient health by interviewing patient, performing visual examinations, obtaining, updating and studying medical and dental health histories;
2. Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests and interpreting the test results;
3. Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records;
4. Performs therapeutic procedures by ordering and/or administering injections, suturing, managing wounds and infections, and performing corrective, preventive and/or restorative procedures;
5. Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens, giving normal growth and development information, providing counseling on problems of daily care, and promoting wellness and health maintenance;
6. Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans;
7. Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection control policies and protocols;
8. Other duties as assigned
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
High School diploma or equivalency;
Bachelors Degree;
Doctor of Dentistry degree;
Current Arizona State DDS or DMD license;
One to three years experience in a Dentist capacity
