Licensed Dental Assistant

Job Details

• Enjoy meaningful work in a collaborative environment that fosters professional growth 

• Provide culturally sensitive oral health care, preventive education, professional training, and advocate for access for all 

• Perform comprehensive dental care with a focus on the health needs of the patients 

• Complete preliminary charting of the oral cavity and surrounding structures; take vital signs, and radiographs  

• Perform mechanical polishing to clinical crowns, take impressions and a bite registration, etch appropriate enamel surfaces, apply and adjust pit and fissure sealants, place and remove rubber dam, place temporary fillings and recement intact temporary restorations 

• Remove sutures, place and remove periodontal dressings, place cotton pellets and temporary restorative materials 

• Under supervision, administer nitrous oxide inhalation anesthesia and monitor patient 

• Perform restorative procedures such as placing, contouring, and adjusting amalgam and composite restorations, and adapting and cementing stainless steel crowns 

• Completion of an accredited dental assisting program 

• Dental Assisting licensure in MN (or pending licensure) 

• CPR/AED certification  

• Experience working with culturally diverse communities preferred 

• Proficiency in a second language preferred 

• Monday-Thursday 7:20am-3:30pm 

• Friday 7:20am-2:30pm 

• Comprehensive medical, dental and life insurance 

• Paid time off; 401k plus company match 

• Internal growth and professional development opportunities 

• CE classes and license renewals