Certified dental assistant

Job Types

• Commercial dental laboratory
• Dental practice
• Prepare patients for dental examinations
• Invoice patients for dental services
• Dental
• Partial dentures
• Dental plan

English

• Other trades certificate or diploma
• Dental assisting/assistant

5 years or more

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

• Commercial dental laboratory
• Dental practice
• Independently owned business

• Prepare patients for dental examinations
• Prepare plaster models and moulds
• Supervise dental assistants in their health care functions
• Train other dental laboratory assistants
• Order dental and office supplies
• Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
• Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
• Maintain and order supplies
• Perform reception and clerical duties
• Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
• Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
• Supervise students in training
• Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Perform intra‑oral duties
• Take and develop X‑rays
• Record dental procedures performed on patients
• Invoice patients for dental services
• Polish and buff dentures
• Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
• Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts
• Prepare a treatment plan for each patient
• Provide pre‑operative and post‑operative personal and comfort care
• Record vital signs
• Administer first aid in emergency situations
• Computer‑aided design (CAD)
• Operate digital cameras

• Membership in the Canadian Dental Assistants Association
• Registration with provincial or territorial authorities
• Certification by the National Dental Assisting Examining Board

• Waxing‑up
• Polishing
• Assembly

• 3D graphic software
• Scanning system

• Dental

• Medical and biomedical equipment and systems

• Full dentures
• Partial dentures
• Orthodontic appliances
• Crowns and bridges

• Criminal record check

• Fast‑paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand‑eye co‑ordination
• Large workload

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Team player
• Accurate
• Dependability
• Excellent oral communication
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Reliability

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage

• Life insurance

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Travel insurance
• Variable or compressed work week

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self‑identifying as a member of these groups:

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports persons with disabilities
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/ or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
• Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees…