PRN
Summary:
The Orthodontic Dental Assistant provides the Craniofacial Orthodontist efficient assistance in all aspects of patient care along with individualized instruction and guidance to orthodontic patients.
Responsibilities:
- Educates patients on proper oral hygiene practices and care of braces.
- Take intraoral photos and dental scans for orthodontic patients.
- Assist with all orthodontic procedures.
- Take dental scans of teeth for the fabrication of customized orthodontic appliances.
- Assist with lip taping of cleft patients.
- Ensure that all dental instruments are prepped and returned from sterile processing.
- Prepares, sanitizes and stocks all exam rooms to hospital standards.
- Function as a liaison with patients, Craniofacial Orthodontist and Craniofacial team.
- Enter in notes in EPIC, Dolphin and appropriate codes for each patient.
- Upload images to Dolphin and using Romexis.
- Flush vac lines and water bottles.
- Submit and track lab appliances.
- Coordinate referrals and appointments with outside providers.
- Fabricate and trimming of Orthodontia devices (retainers).
- Other duties assigned.
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Other information:
Technical Expertise
- Knowledge of and experience in dental/medical terminology preferred.
- Experience working in dental and healthcare environment preferred.
- Experience working in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is preferred.
- Experience working in electronic medical record (i.e. EPIC, Dolphin) or similar software is preferred.
Education and Experience
- Education: High school diploma or equivalent and graduate of accredited dental assistant training program. Orthodontic experience preferred.
- Certification: Current certificate to practice dental radiography in the state of Ohio is required.
- Experience preferred but not mandatory.
On Call
FTE: 0.001000