Dental assistant

Dundas Street Dental Centre

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Expected start: 18th April 2026

Salary

$36 per hour

Experience

0 to 2 years

Education

University

Job Description

  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 30 hours per week
  • Education: Bachelor's degree
  • Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Dental practice

Tasks

  • Prepare patients for dental examinations
  • Prepare plaster models and moulds
  • Order dental and office supplies
  • Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
  • Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
  • Maintain and order supplies
  • Perform reception and clerical duties
  • Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
  • Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Perform intra-oral duties
  • Take and develop X-rays
  • Record dental procedures performed on patients
  • Invoice patients for dental services
  • Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts

Supervision

  • 1 to 2 people

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Healing arts radiation protection (HARP) Certification
  • Certification by the National Dental Assisting Examining Board

Technical expertise (dental)

  • Plastering
  • Polishing

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Windows
  • MS Word

Equipment, eystems and controls experience

  • Medical and biomedical equipment and systems

Area of specialization

  • Full dentures
  • Crowns and bridges
  • Ceramic or porcelain application
  • Chrome castings

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Sitting
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Large workload

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Team player
  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Reliability

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Employment terms options

  • Shift
  • Morning
  • On call
  • Day
  • Weekend

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