Dental Director

Job Description

Job Summary

• Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums.

General Accountabilities

• Uses masks, gloves, and safety glasses to protect patients and self from infectious diseases.
• Examines teeth, gums, and related tissues to evaluate dental health, diagnose diseases or abnormalities, and plan appropriate treatments.
• Administers anesthetics to patients during procedures to limit pain.
• Performs preventive care and evaluates dental needs to determine changes or trends in patterns of dental disease.
• Advises patients on preventive dental care.
• Perform dental procedures such as fillings, crowns, extractions, and implants.
• Stay up to date on developments in dentistry.
• * The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Job Qualifications

• Education:
  
  Doctor of Dental Surgery or comparable degree
• Experience:
  
  5-7 years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Judgment and decision making
• Critical thinking
• Active listening
• Monitoring
• Complex problem solving