dental assistant
Posted by: Exeter Dental Care
Location: Exeter
Salary: $28.50 Per Hour
Job Details
Job ID
NCJ5548510
Posting Date
18-Nov-2025
Expiry Date
17-May-2026
Education
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
Language
English
Vacancies
1
Years of Experience
1 year
Job Type
Full Time
Job Description
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Prepare patients for dental examinations
- Order dental and office supplies
- Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
- Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
- Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Perform intra-oral duties
- Take and develop X-rays
- Record dental procedures performed on patients
- Invoice patients for dental services
- Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
- Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts
Experience and specialization
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Windows
- MS Word
Additional information
Security and safety
- Immunization records
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
Benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available