Temp Teeth Model Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Duties

• Provide assistance to customers, provide service recovery (i.e. returning patient phone calls in a timely manner)
• Work collaboratively with co-workers and other medical center staff
• Set up operatory for planned dental procedures and cleans dental unit for timely turnover
• Handle instruments safely, accurately, and efficiently
• Provide routine dental prophylaxis, which may include supra and subgingival scaling of teeth and polishing of coronal and/or exposed surfaces of teeth
• Application of fluoride
• Debridement and/or root planing of teeth
• Scaling excessive cement from the surfaces of teeth and restorations
• Clean dental prostheses, fixed and removable
• Manage dental hygiene recall system
• Perform clinical examinations and diagnostic tests of teeth and surrounding tissues including but not limited to restorative chartings, peridodontal chartings, missing teeth chartings, caries chartings, caries activity tests, cytology smears, salivary analysis and smears, endodontic cultures, vitality tests, and recording findings for interpretation by a supervising dentist
• Taking intra- and extra-oral photographs
• Applying topical anesthetics
• Applying topical anticariogenic agent

Chairside Assisting (as needed)

• Employ proper techniques and dexterity in the practice of 4-handed dentistry
• Keep operative field clear of debris and improve access by retracting oral tissues effectively and comfortably
• Prepare dental medicaments and materials per manufacturers instructions
• Follow standard infection control protocols
• Assists in specialized dental procedures, such as oral surgery, prosthodontics, endodontics, and periodontics

Dental Lab Functions (as needed)

• Pour impressions and prepares study models
• Fabricates custom impression trays
• Fabricates bite rims
• Polishes prostheses
• Pours, pins, and sections crown and bridge models/dies
• Fabricates vacuum-formed stents, soft mouth guards and fluoride trays
• Mounts casts on articulators

Direct Patient Care (as needed)

• Take impressions for diagnostic casts and preliminary impressions for prosthetic fabrication with a final evaluation by the supervising dentist
• Remove temporary crown/bridge and clean tooth preparation of debris, without the use of rotating or power-driven instruments
• Cement and fabricate temporary crowns/bridges with a final evaluation by the supervising dentist
• Placing and removing temporary restorations by a non-powered method with a final evaluation by the supervising dentist
• Take intra- and extra oral photographs
• Apply topical anesthetic agents with prior approval by the supervising dentist
• Holding and removing materials, trays, strips, and sutures previously placed in the patients mouth by the dentist
• Apply cavity liners and bases with a final evaluation by the supervising dentist
• Inserting and adjusting athletic mouth guards, bleaching trays, and fluoride trays with a final evaluation by the supervising dentist
• Place and remove rubber dams and matrix bands

Dental Imaging

• Exposure of radiographs of the mouth, gums, jaws, teeth, and any portion thereof for dental diagnosis with the interpretation by dentist
• Utilize dental imaging safety techniques

Infection Control and Equipment Sterilization

• Demonstrates proper infection control procedures in set-up and clean-up of operatory
• Instruments are properly prepared for sterilization by SPD standards
• Assist in maintenance and cleanliness of dental equipment/ environment

Clerical Functions

• Assist in filling gaps in the schedule due to late cancellations and missed appointments
• Assist patients in scheduling appointments
• Chart findings, treatment plans by the dentist, and treatment provided in patient records
• Provide backup support for clerical duties such as patient check-ins, recall, and other duties typically assigned to a clerk

Work Schedule: Part-Time, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 8:00am-4:30pm (24 hours per week)

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 581-24020-F

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized