Dental Assistant

Minimum Requirements

• Completion of dental assisting diploma/certificate program from a formal accredited 2 years of training program; transcripts are required.
• High School Diploma, and Registered Dental Assistant or Certified Dental Assistant with current Registration (R.D.A.) or Certification (C.D.A.).
• Must have current DANB license.
• Must have current CPR Certificate.
• A minimum of 2-3 years of current, full-time experience as a Dental Assistant (can be with more than one Dentist) in USA or Canada.

Department Information

Number of Clinics: 49 clinics in main hospital, 2 clinics in Family Health Building, 2 clinics in Children's Cancer Center.

The Department of Dental Clinic engages in clinical practice in a forty-nine operatory clinic in the out-patient wing of the main hospital and two satellite clinics. It is staffed by dentists (consultants, associate consultants, and general practice residents), dental hygienists, registered nurses, dental assistants, dental laboratory technicians, secretaries, and other support staff.

Among the services provided are general dentistry, specialty dentistry, and hospital in-patient dentistry. Tertiary care services are available for patients who are medically compromised, have facial pain, require maxillofacial or comprehensive prosthetics, have facial deformities, or require out-patient general anesthesia (with the Department of Anesthesiology) for dental treatment. The department provides team members to the Hospital's Cleft Palate and Head & Neck Oncology Teams.

The Dental Clinic consists of all dental specialties:

• General Practice
• Endodontics
• Orthodontics
• Pedodontics
• Periodontics
• Prosthodontics, including maxillofacial
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

The following services and procedures are provided:

• IV sedation procedures
• Maxillofacial surgeries including orthognathic and distraction cases
• Outpatient and Inpatient general anesthesia
• Osseo integrated implants

Hours of operation: Saturday thru Tuesday: 0730 - 1700 hours