Address
Form of work
SalaryOverview
Languages
English
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
Experience
Experience an asset
Work setting
- Dental practice
- Independently owned business
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Prepare patients for dental examinations
- Order dental and office supplies
- Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
- Maintain and order supplies
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
- Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
- Perform intra-oral duties
- Take and develop X-rays
- Record dental procedures performed on patients
- Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Registration with provincial or territorial authorities
- Certification by the National Dental Assisting Examining Board
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Flexibility
- Team player
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Initiative
- Reliability
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
Other benefits
- On-site housing options
