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Dental Assistant (DA) Dental Implants, Oral Surgery & Prosthetics

Join a team that changes lives through dentistry. Affordable Dentures & Implants is seeking a skilled and compassionate Dental Assistant to join our growing team. If you're looking for a rewarding dental career where you can expand your skills in dental implants, dentures, oral surgery, prosthodontics, and patient care, this is the opportunity for you.

As a Dental Assistant, you'll work alongside experienced dentists and lab professionals to deliver life-changing tooth replacement solutions that restore confidence, function, and quality of life for patients every day.

Why Join Affordable Dentures & Implants?

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Opportunities for career growth and continuing education
• Hands-on experience with dental implants, dentures, and oral surgery
• Supportive team environment
• Modern technology and clinical resources
• Meaningful work that changes patients' lives

Position Summary

The Dental Assistant (DA) provides chairside support to dentists and clinical teams in the delivery of high-quality dental care, including dentures, dental implants, prosthetics, extractions, and oral surgery procedures. This role is responsible for assisting with patient treatment, taking dental impressions, performing radiographs, sterilization, patient education, and ensuring an exceptional patient experience.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Support

• Assist dentists during dental implant, denture, oral surgery, and restorative procedures
• Provide chairside assistance during patient exams and treatment
• Take and process dental X-rays (where permitted by state regulations)
• Assist with dental impressions, wax bites, and prosthetic procedures
• Support denture fittings, adjustments, and insertions under dentist supervision
• Prepare treatment rooms and instruments before procedures
• Maintain proper infection control and sterilization protocols

Patient Care

• Deliver exceptional customer service and patient support
• Educate patients on treatment options, denture solutions, aftercare instructions, and pricing
• Review patient information and maintain accurate clinical records
• Escort patients through treatment and checkout processes
• Support positive patient experiences throughout their care journey

Office & Operational Support

• Open and prepare the office for daily operations
• Maintain clean and organized operatories and workspaces
• Manage clinical inventory and order supplies as needed
• Complete required documentation accurately and timely
• Participate in training, continuing education, and team development initiatives

Qualifications

Required

• Active Dental Assistant (DA) certification (if required by state)
• Active Dental X-Ray Certification (where required)
• High School Diploma or GED
• Knowledge of dental terminology, infection control, and chairside assisting procedures

Preferred

• 1+ year of Dental Assistant experience
• Experience with dentures, dental implants, oral surgery, prosthodontics, or extractions
• Experience taking dental impressions
• Familiarity with digital radiography and dental software systems

Skills & Competencies

• Chairside dental assisting
• Dental implant procedures
• Denture and prosthetic support
• Oral surgery assistance
• Dental impressions and wax bites
• Digital X-rays and radiography
• Instrument sterilization and infection control
• Patient education and communication
• Attention to detail and organization
• Team collaboration and customer service

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand, sit, bend, and move throughout the workday
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds
• Comfortable working in a clinical dental environment
• Ability to follow safety protocols and infection control procedures

Benefits. We care about our employees and understand the hard work that goes into providing the best-in-class patient care. You will be provided the training needed to provide you with the support you need to do your job well. Additional benefits include group medical and dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, flexible spending (health and dependent care), 401(k), 9 paid holidays off, 10 days of vacation, and 5 additional PTO days. We also offer ancillary benefits to include hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness insurance options.

About Affordable Care. Founded in 1975, today Affordable Care, LLC is America's largest dental support organization (DSO) focused on tooth replacement services, serving more than 400 dental practices across the United States. Supported practices primarily concentrate on extractions, dentures, implants, and fixed arches, with some practices housing an on-site laboratory to enable same-day dental services. Affordable Care is the DSO for several top dental brands including, but not limited to, Affordable Dentures & Implants, DDS Dentures + Implant Solutions, and Advanced Dental Implant Centers. From the Affordable Care Support Center, located in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, along with field-based teams, Affordable Care provides business expertise and support services to dental practices, taking care of non-clinical duties so dentists can focus on treating patients.