Orthodontic Assistant - Littleton, NH area - Immediate start

Our Orthodontic office is seeking an exceptional Orthodontic Assistant to enhance our patient care services.

Clinical Setting

Our facility features advanced dental equipment and digital imaging systems, allowing our team to provide comprehensive care efficiently. We prioritize patient comfort and maintain strict standards for infection control and safety protocols.

Candidate Requirements

We seek a dedicated professional with solid technical foundations and strong interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will demonstrate reliability, attention to detail, and the ability to balance independent work with collaborative efforts, flexible to work  Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7:30am to 4:30pm.

Job Responsibilities

• Engage in ongoing professional development to enhance skills and knowledge
• Support practice-wide initiatives and special projects as needed
• Demonstrate commitment to delivering exceptional patient outcomes and experiences

Duties Include

• Greeting and seating patients
• Take all x-rays, i.e. Panoramic, Cephalometric, SMW, etc.
• Take Intra and Extra oral photos
• Placing of separators
• Band fitting and preparing teeth for band seating
• Preparing teeth for bonding and placing brackets
• Curing bands and brackets
• Indirect bonding technique
• Placement and ligation of archwires
• Placement of various attachments, including coils, tubes, stops, rotation wedges, hooks and stainless steel ligature ties
• Educate patients and parents about braces and appliances through computers, videos, speaking and demonstration
• Check oral hygiene and educate if needed
• Placing new wires
• Elastic placement and education
• Headgear fitting and education
• Fixed appliance placement and education
• Removable appliance placement and education such as retainers, bite plates, shell plates, lower acrylics
• Removal of braces and residual paste