• Assist dental officer with patient treatment.
• Performs dental health duties. Performs oral prophylaxis and scaling procedures using dental hand instruments and oral hygiene aids.
• Exposes and processes dental radiographs.
• Engages in general dental duties. Follows infection control procedures and guidelines. Cleans, sterilizes, and sharpens dental instruments.
• Performs dental administrative and materiel duties. Maintains dental health records, filing systems, and publications.
• Reports deficiencies and outstanding accomplishments to base dental surgeon.

Knowledge.

Knowledge is mandatory of: oral and dental anatomy; fundamentals of physiology; dental therapeutics; sterile techniques; emergency dental care; oral hygiene; dental materials; instruments; dental treatment room procedures; medicines; systemic diseases; oral prophylaxis techniques; dental health programs; infection control procedures; equipment maintenance requirements; and physical properties of dental materials.

Education. 

• Completion of high school or GED is required.
• Possesses a Dental Assistant certification recognized by the U.S. Department of Education accreditation programs in dental assisting.
• Preference is for graduates of formal programs in dental assisting, however, will consider military dental assistant training or vocational-technical training in high school or post-secondary vocational schools or American Red Cross Dental Assistant training, or at least 6 months experience as a civilian dental assistant.

Experience. The following experience is mandatory:

• Dental Assistant shall have 12 months of Dental Assistant experience within the past 36 months. 
• Experience in functions such as taking dental radiographs, maintaining dental equipment, and assisting dentist in patient treatment is mandatory.

Please send by e-mail or fax a copy of your CV/Resume to 305-576-5864 or 305-576-5862