Dental Assistant

About the Position: This position is located in Directorate of Dental at Ft. Shafter, HI. The Clinic is a tobacco free workplace. Tobacco products include, but not limited to smoking, smokeless tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery devices. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Perform inter-oral procedures as directed by the Dentist.

Take preliminary impressions for study models, remove sutures, place and remove rubber dams, perio-packs, matrix bands, and wedges.

Instruct patient in proper dental techniques, care of appliances, and causes of dental decay.

Operate dental X-ray equipment to take intra and extra-oral radiographs.

Chart examination and treatment information as relayed by dentist to patient records.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.