Dental Assistant

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The Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University, we provide dental education to the next generation of professionals by offering hands-on education through innovative research, patient care, and service. Join other dental providers to improve the oral health of Georgia and beyond. The DCG was founded to provide the people of Georgia with quality dental care by educating students in dentistry.

As a patient, you have the option to receive treatment in one of our three different practice models consisting of student clinics, resident care, or in the faculty practice. All dental treatments can be completed by the specialists in our facility. We also serve patients in more than 20 clinics across Georgia.

The Dental Assistant provides developing-level clinical and dental support services within the Dental College of Georgia (DCG), assisting faculty, residents, and students with routine dental procedures, patient care activities, operatory preparation, radiology, dental laboratory support, patient flow, and related clinical workflows. The Dental Assistant works collaboratively with faculty, residents, students, clinical staff, Central Sterilization, and other DCG personnel to support safe, efficient, and effective clinical operations while following applicable infection-control, patient-safety, HIPAA, emergency-response, and institutional requirements.

Specific clinical assignments and functional responsibilities may vary based on clinic needs, operational priorities, patient-care requirements, and the Dental Assistant's training and demonstrated proficiency. The Dental Assistant progressively develops competency in assigned functions, exercises appropriate judgment within established procedures, maintains clinical readiness and safety standards, and provides cross-clinic, board-examination, outreach, and other operational support as assigned.

• Assists faculty, residents, and students with routine dental procedures using four-handed dentistry, suction, retraction, isolation, instrumentation, and material preparation.
• Prepares, cleans, stocks, and maintains operatories, dental equipment, instruments, and specialty supplies; coordinates instrument flow with Central Sterilization.
• Performs dental laboratory support such as pouring/trimming models and fabricating routine…