Virginia Family Dentistry·Midlothian, Virginia
The Orthodontic Assistant provides clinical support by assisting doctors with procedures, managing orthodontic devices, and taking x-rays and impressions. They also handle administrative tasks, maintain sterilization protocols, and educate patients on oral hygiene.
Virginia Family Dentistry is looking for an experienced Orthodontic Assistant to join our Huguenot/Powhatan team!
Pay range is $17-$25/hour based on experience.
Typical work hours are 8 am- 5 pm Monday-Thursday and 8 am-12pm Friday. This position travels between two locations.
The Orthodontic Assistant completes various clinical and administrative tasks, as well as educating patients about their treatment and oral hygiene. This includes preparing patients for treatment, taking x-rays and impressions, and changing orthodontic devices like wires and brackets. Must be willing to work in and be part of the larger team and communicate effectively with doctors, employees, and patients.
Essential Job Functions
Chair side assist the doctor by passing instruments, aspirating intra-oral fluids, mixing materials and medicaments during examinations, treatment, or procedures.
Place, change and remove elastic orthodontic separators, arch wires, brackets and ligature ties.
Take intra-oral measurements for orthodontic procedures.
Perform temporary cementation and removal of temporary crowns and orthodontic bands.
Remove cement excess from supragingival surfaces of teeth.
Check for loose orthodontic brackets and bands.
Adjust clear aligners and retainers and arranges for repairs when necessary.
Deliver aligners, attachments, and adjusted retainers and braces via indirect bonding techniques
Take scans for diagnostic and working models.
Remove all instruments and tools after use and processes them for sterilization, keeping sterilization are clean and orderly.
Take x-rays and impressions of patients' teeth.
Fabricate Essix retainers.
Prepare and take patient molds.
Assist in preparing trays and set up and clean up for all procedures.
Assist or perform administrative duties when needed.
Review the doctor’s schedule daily, set up and prepare for patient appointments with needed supplies, lab cases, implants and other necessary items, assist doctor with procedures, help with x-rays, clean room between patients, and ensure room is stocked.
Keep the schedule on time and communicate with the front desk if running behind.
Bring each patient to the front desk with completed route slip and treatment plan.
Maintain a lab tracking system and make sure all lab work is ready for the patients’ appointment.
Ensure instrument sterilization and proper infection control protocol.
Help other team members by: 1. Working with the doctor scheduler on schedules and maintaining the unscheduled list by following up with the patients and needed treatment. 2. Tracking doctor's outstanding lab cases. 3. Ordering and unpacking supplies.
Virginia Family Dentistry’s full-time employees enjoy a great benefits package including 401(k) profit sharing, dental and orthodontic care, health insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, paid uniforms, vision insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, wellness benefits, continuing education, and more!
For 50 years, Virginia Family Dentistry has proudly served the greater Richmond area community. Although we have grown over the years, our individual offices have their own personality, pace, and style.
Did you know Virginia Family Dentistry is dentist-owned? This means that decisions come directly from the doctors you work with. This structure puts the employees’ voices and patients’ needs first. With multiple locations and specialties, there are many opportunities for growth and career advancement.
This is a non- exempt, hourly position.
Virginia Family Dentistry is an equal opportunity employer.
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Market context
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