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Dental Assistant
Job description
Medix is hiring for a Dental Assistant in the St. Louis, MO 63122 area!
Location: St. Louis Missouri 63112
Shift/Schedule: M-F 8:30a-5:00pm
Overview
- Knowledge of procedures for receiving, routing, scheduling and releasing patients.
- Maintain and order supplies.
- Knowledge of procedures for tracking and processing digital radiographs.
- Knowledge of basic dental instruments and materials in manipulating suctioning and retraction apparatus in patient's mouth while assisting dentist.
- (Utilize the practice of four handed dentistry)
- Skill and dexterity in placing and manipulating motor driven instruments to perform intraoral prophylaxis procedures.
- Responsible for registration of patients, updating insurance and other information.
- Make appointments in coordination with school linked dentist.
- Collect fees and close out the day.
- Assists in oral exams, works with special needs families, reviews HIPAA consent forms with patients.
- Sets up dental equipment, coordinates with school nurses and staff regarding setup and student schedule.
- Conducts cleanings (prophy) and administer fluoride treatment.
3-5 Must Have Skills/Qualifications
- 2 years of previous experience is minimum but they don't need any sort of certification or schooling
- If they have schooling/cert or are new grads, they will take them as well so its either one or the other - either no school and 2 yrs exp, or school and no real world exp
Nice to Have Skills
- Mission driven, need to have a good idea of the mission and want to work for a company that serves that population
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