Job at a glance
Job Summary/Basic Functions To provide chair side assistance to a licensed dentist and to instruct and assist dental students in four-handed dentistry. The employee will provide chair side assistance to dentists and dental students in a variety of specialties which include but not limited to: Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, Periodontics, Endodontics, Pedodontics, Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics. The employee will work under the general supervision of the dental assistant supervisor in the sophomore, junior and senior clinic, General Practice Residency Program and the Emergency Dental Clinic at the LSUHSC School of Dentistry.
Other Information About the Position Assist dentists and dental students with chair side treatment of patients Maintain and stock cabinets Instruct and evaluate students in proper four-handed dentist techniques Chart patients according to LSUSD systems (Axium Computer knowledge) Give fluoride treatments as directed by dentist or student Give follow-up home instructions as directed by dentist or student Place rubber dam as directed by dentist or student Expose digital radiographs and expose and develop traditional radiographs and digital photographs (intra-oral and extra-oral) as directed by the dentist or student Make study models from alginate impressions as directed by the dentist or student