Dental Assistant - Contingent

Veterans Engineering is looking for a compassionate and detail-oriented Dental Assistant to become part of our dedicated healthcare team. In this role, you will provide essential support to dentists in delivering high-quality dental care to patients, ensuring a positive and comfortable experience. You will assist with various procedures, prepare treatment rooms, sterilize instruments, and help maintain patient records. Our ideal candidate has excellent communication skills, a strong work ethic, and the ability to work well in a fast-paced environment. As an organization committed to supporting veterans and their families, we value diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Assists Dental Officer in dental specialty sections: restorative, oral surgery, endodontics, periodontics, prosthetics, and examinations
• Retrieves patient's records and escorts patients to proper dental specialty section; seats and prepares patient for attending Dental Officer
• Assists Dental Officer by preparing dental instruments, essential materials, drugs, and medications
• Passes instruments, retracts tissues, irrigates oral cavity, and operates aspirator
• Observes patient's responses, and assists patient for dismissal from the Dental Clinic
• Gives instructions for subsequent dental appointments
• Makes necessary entries on dental treatment records (both electronic and paper records)
• Prepares dental treatment room for the next patient
• Assists in the treatment of emergency cases.
• Provides dental health education
• Performs Dental prophylaxes - polishing of coronal portion of teeth, if the assistant is a Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) or Expanded Functions Dental Assistant (EFDA).
• Performs Dental screening examinations
• Prepares patients for periodontal surgery
• Completes dental and periodontal charting
• Prepares, places, and removes packs
• Places temporary fillings (RDA, EFDA)
• Places and removes rubber dams
• Maintains dental equipment
• Cleans, sharpens, and sterilizes instruments
• Performs daily inspection of equipment and makes minor repairs
• Reports defective equipment, or institutes corrective action
• Uses dental hand instruments, mechanical instruments (including ultrasonic), oral hygiene aides and prophylaxis paste to provide necessary oral prophylactic services
• Prepares entries for patient's records
• Selects and applies medication in proper portion and anti-cariogenic agents to surface of teeth. Applies medication prescribed by a Dental Officer to gingiva to promote healing
• Fabricates and repairs dental prostheses and appliances under supervision
• Performs procedures pursuant to fabrication and repair of complete denture prostheses and removable partial prostheses • Uses acrylic resins and porcelain as basic materials
• Takes radio graphs of patients using digital intraoral and panoramic dental radiography
• Obtains diagnostic quality periapical, occlusal, lateral jaw, and TMJ radiographs
• Correctly positions patient and sensor
• Determines level of radiation intensity to minimize radiation exposure of patients
• Processes and saves digital radiographs to patient medical records
• Maintains proper infection control procedures in radiographic techniques
• Sterilizes contaminated biological waste of dental clinic
• Places and finishes dental restorations, including bases and liners
• Make primary impressions and pours casts
• Selects tooth shade for composite restorations and dentures
• Maintains accurate sharps and instrument inventories
• Maintains logs for surface disinfectants, autoclave maintenance, chair filters maintenance, and vacuum pump filters
• Maintains sterilization logs

• Licensed Dental Assistant (Any State)
• Knowledge of dental procedures, terminology, and instruments.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide excellent patient care.
• Minimum of 2 year of experience as a dental assistant
• Possess specialty training from a licensed dentist and/or certification from an accredited Dental Assistant school, training must include dental radiology and radiology safety

Travel Requirements

Some travel may be required for training purposes or to support various project locations.

EEO Statement

Veterans Engineering is committed to fostering a workplace rooted in excellence, integrity, and equal opportunity for all. We adhere to merit-based hiring practices, ensuring that all employment decisions are made based on qualifications, skills, and ability to perform the job, without preference or consideration of factors unrelated to job performance.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Veterans Engineering complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.

We are proud to support our nation’s veterans and military families, providing career opportunities that honor their service and experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

U.S. Work Authorization

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position supports a federal government contract and requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability Determination, depending on the agency’s background investigation requirements. Sponsorship is not available.