Traveling Periodontal Dental Assistant

Full-Time Traveling Periodontal Dental Assistant

Join Platinum Dental as a full-time (Tuesday-Friday) traveling periodontal dental assistant.

Why You'll Love Working With Us

Travel Reimbursement:
Mileage included as part of total compensation. Comprehensive Benefits:
Dental, 401K with company match, and more (available for full-time employees, over 30 hours per week). Paid Time Off:
Enjoy 1 week of PTO to balance work and life. Paid Holidays:
Benefit from paid holidays each year.

Compensation:
Competitive compensation package including hourly rate + mileage + bonuses ($20–22/hr base range).

This is a full-time, Tuesday-Friday position (8AM5PM) with a 1-hour lunch.

You will travel between multiple Platinum Dental locations, including:

• Redwood
• Central Ogden
• South Ogden
• Fairfield
• Midvale
• Magna
• Tooele
• South Provo
• Bountiful
• Cache Valley
• North Ogden
• Providence (Starting June)

Platinum Dental is seeking an experienced traveling periodontal dental assistant to serve as a specialty assistant within our periodontal program. This role is essential to supporting high-quality periodontal care across multiple offices.

You will play a key part in maintaining consistency, training other dental assistants, and ensuring each location is fully prepared for periodontal procedures.

• Welcome and prepare patients for periodontal treatments
• Assist the periodontist with 4-handed dentistry, surgical setups, and perio procedures
• Select, set up, and sterilize instruments and equipment
• Manage and order supplies for the traveling perio kit
• Communicate supply needs to each office
• Complete lab tasks as instructed
• Provide post-operative instructions
• Maintain clean, organized, and well-stocked operatories
• Schedule appointments and maintain accurate patient records

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Experience
  
  Required:
  
  Proven experience as a periodontal or specialty dental assistant this role requires a confident, lead-level assistant
• Leadership
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to train other DAs and oversee perio setup consistency
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong knowledge of periodontal instruments, surgical procedures, and sterilization protocols
• Organization: Excellent attention to detail; able to manage inventory across multiple locations
• Communication: Strong communication skills with patients, teams, and office leadership
• Regulatory Understanding: Knowledge of health & safety regulations

Join Platinum Dental as a full-time traveling periodontal dental assistant and become a key leader in our periodontal program. Enjoy competitive pay, mileage, bonuses, benefits, and a supportive environment focused on excellence.