Job Description

Turpin Orthodontics is looking for a Dental Assistant to join our established Ruston/West Monroe/Monroe team.
The best candidate for this role has strong attention to detail and a patient-centered mindset. If this sounds like you and you meet our qualifications below, we want to hear from you!

 

Schedule:

• Full-time
• Monday through Thursday from 7:45AM-5:15PM
• Fridays from 7:45AM to 12:00PM

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• PTO and paid holidays.
• 401(k) options.
• Monday through Friday work schedule.

Qualifications:

• 1+ years of dental experience preferred.
• Expanded duty dental assistant certificate preferred.
• Must be willing to travel to our Monroe, West Monroe, and Ruston locations on a weekly basis.

Job Duties:

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Taking extraoral and intraoral photographs.
• Taking dental impressions.
• Sterilization and packaging of orthodontic instruments.
• Disinfecting equipment and operatories.
• Maintaining inventory control of all lab equipment, supplies, instruments, and consumables.
• Preparing clinicians’ chair-side set-ups.
• Tying and untying patients.
• Applying orthodontic appliances under the supervision of the orthodontist.
• Pouring models.
• Fabricating retainers.
• Cleaning the lab and operatories, sweeping/mopping as needed.
• Cleaning common areas and removing the trash.
• Providing oral hygiene and home care instructions to patients and family members.
• And adherence to all OSHA and HIPAA regulations.

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