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Posted: 17-Jun-24
Location: Akron, Ohio
Salary: Open
Categories:
Internal Number: 21497
Part-Time, 32 Hours/Week
Day Shift, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Onsite
Summary:
The Orthodontic Dental Assistant provides the Craniofacial Orthodontist efficient assistance in all aspects of patient care along with individualized instruction and guidance to orthodontic patients.??
Responsibilities:
- Educates patients on proper oral hygiene practices and care of braces.??
- Take intraoral photos and dental scans for orthodontic patients.??
- Assist with all orthodontic procedures.??
- Take dental scans of teeth for the fabrication of customized orthodontic appliances.??
- Assist with lip taping of cleft patients.??
- Ensure that all dental instruments are prepped and returned from sterile processing.??
- Prepares, sanitizes and stocks all exam rooms to hospital standards.????
- Function as a liaison with patients, Craniofacial Orthodontist and Craniofacial team.??
- Enter in notes in EPIC, Dolphin and appropriate codes for each patient.??
- Upload images to Dolphin and using Romexis.??
- Flush vac lines and water bottles.??
- Submit and track lab appliances.??
- Coordinate referrals and appointments with outside providers.??
- Fabricate and trimming of Orthodontia devices (retainers).??
- Other duties assigned.??
Other information:
Technical Expertise??
- Knowledge of and experience in dental/medical terminology preferred.??
- Experience working in dental and healthcare environment preferred.??
- Experience working in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is preferred. ??
- Experience working in electronic medical record (i.e. EPIC, Dolphin) or similar software is preferred.??
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Education and Experience??
- Education: High school diploma or equivalent and graduate of accredited dental assistant training program. Orthodontic experience preferred.??
- Certification: Current certificate to practice dental radiography in the state of Ohio is required.????
- Experience preferred but not mandatory.??
Part Time
FTE: 0.800000