Facility: 930
Compensation Base:
Compensation Bonus (if applicable):
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Fridays
Summary
This position performs dental measures designed to preserve teeth and prevent the spread of oral disease.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities - Cleans calcareous deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums.
- Feels lymph nodes under patient's chin to detect swelling or tenderness that could indicate presence of oral cancer.
- Feels and visually examines gums for sores and signs of disease.
- Examines gums to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease.
- Applies fluorides and other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay.
- Charts conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentist.
- Exposes and develops x-ray film.
- Makes impressions for study casts.
- Removes sutures and dressings.
- Administers local anesthetic agents.
- Places and removes rubber dams, matrices, and temporary restorations.
- Places, carves, and finishes amalgam restorations.
- Removes excess cement from coronal surfaces of teeth.
- Provides clinical services and health education to improve and maintain oral health.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
