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Place of Performance: US Naval Dental Center, Okinawa, Japan

Schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday between the hours of 0700 and 1600.

Security: Must be a US citizen to obtain a T3 security clearance.

Responsibilities 

• Performs duties in assisting in one or more phases of complex/difficult restorative, prosthodontic, oral surgical, endodontic, or periodontal treatment. Receives and schedules patients for treatment
• Obtains and records the related medical history of the patient. Charts examination and treatment information. Records information on prescriptions.
• Sterilizes instruments, materials, and equipment; prepares surgical trays. Maintains dental equipment in a clean and operative condition.
• Assists the dentist at the chair side. Performs intra-oral procedures as directed by the dentist. Takes preliminary impressions for study models, removes sutures, places and removes rubber dams, perio-packs, matrix bands, and wedges.
• Relays dentist’s instructions to patient for post-treatment care. Instructs patient in proper dental techniques, care of appliances, and causes of dental decay.
• Operates dental X-ray equipment to take intra- and extraoral radiographs. Maintains, cleans, and performs minor repairs on X-ray equipment and materials.
• Pours and trims models from impressions and constructs custom impression trays.
• Maintains a variety of recurring reports related to dental activities.
• Select and arrange instruments and prepare set-ups for patient treatment.
• Dispose of contaminated waste in accordance with the standard procedures of the MTF.
• Maintain operatory to meet the clinic's cleanliness and infection control standards. These clinical duties do not include mopping, sweeping, or taking trash to an industrial dumpster.

Qualifications:

• Degree: Certificate.
• Education: Successful completion of one of the following:

• Certificate or Associate Degree as a dental assistant/technician from a program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA) and 12 months of experience within the preceding 36 months.
  
• Certification from a military dental technician or dental assistant school and 12 months of experience within the preceding 36 months.
  
• Certification from a Red Cross Dental Assistant course and 12 months of experience within the preceding 36 months.
  
• 36 months of experience within the preceding 60 months as a dental assistant in a private practice or a military clinic.
  
• Membership in good standing with the American Association of Dental Assistants with required continuing education and 12 months experience within the preceding 36 months.
  
• Graduation from a state-accredited program for dental assistants or dental technology within the preceding 12 months.

• All training must have included a course in radiation physics; radiation biology; radiation health, safety, and protection; X-ray films and radiographic film quality; radiographic techniques; darkroom and processing techniques; film mounting; and, digital radiographic processing techniques.

• Certification: Certified in radiography as required by 42 CFR Part 75.

• Experience: Six months of experience as a Dental Assistant after graduation