Dental Assistant (Expanded Function), Harlem

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Dental Assistant Duties

The duties of the Dental Assistant include: Performs routine and complex alloy and composite restorations, including those requiring pin retention, cusp build-ups, multi-surface restorations, and incisal angle replacement. Selects, adapts, seats, and cements stainless steel crowns and fabricates and places temporary crowns and bridges.Places bases and liners, contours matrices, carves and polishes restorations, and finishes complex restorations independently within established guidelines. Performs advanced chairside assisting while allowing the dentist to transition to the next patient. Applies and removes rubber dams, removes sutures, applies periodontal dressings, and takes preliminary impressions.Performs oral prophylaxis and advanced calculus removal using ultrasonic and hand instruments. Conducts expanded dental laboratory functions, including mounting casts on articulators and pouring final impressions. Actively participates in quality assurance/quality improvement activities, community outreach, and patient education.Exercises greater judgment in selecting instruments and techniques, with work reviewed periodically rather than continuously.