Dental Assistant

Center Street Community Health Center, Marion     

The dental assistant is responsible for assisting the Dentist during examinations, procedures, and treatments. They also reassure and comfort patients, deliver postoperative instructions, and counsel patients and/or parents on proper oral hygiene and plaque control. They will also sterilize dental instruments and equipment, place the items for easy access, prepare the dental exam room for use by the dentist by making sure it is stocked and organized, assist the dentist during procedures, including passing instruments (using the concepts of four-handed dentistry), getting supplies, and using the suction tube to keep the patient’s mouth dry. The dental assistant will also take digital dental x-rays.

*High School Diploma or GED
*Radiographers certification
*CPR/BLS certified
*Previous experience preferred, but not required