Dental Assistant

Dental Assistant

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Bristol Dental Clinic
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Job Sector: Healthcare & Social Workers
Term of Employment: Full-Time
Total Views: 204
Duration: 2 calendar days (3 business days)
Last Updated: 2 days ago
Job URL: https://newworkers.ca/jobs/ontario/mississauga/810433969/dental-assistant/
Full-Time
Application end: Mar 30, 2025 Shortlist
Job Description

Tasks

  • Prepare patients for dental examinations
  • Maintain and order supplies
  • Perform reception and clerical duties
  • Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
  • Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
  • Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
  • Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Take and develop X-rays
  • Record dental procedures performed on patients
  • Invoice patients for dental services
  • Polish and buff dentures
  • Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts

Experience and specialization

Technical expertise (dental)

  • Plastering
  • Packing
  • Waxing-up
  • Casting
  • Polishing
  • Assembly

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Excel
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Word

Equipment, eystems and controls experience

  • Medical and biomedical equipment and systems

Specialization or experience

  • Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Immunization records

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Team player
  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Reliability

Benefits

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Other benefits