Role Overview
Provide preventive and restorative dental care, assess patients’ oral health, and guide them on maintaining healthy teeth and gums. The role also helps keep the clinic running effectively through accurate records, coordination of laboratory work, and supervision of staff and supplies.
Key Responsibilities
- Examine patients’ teeth and oral tissues, review their medical and dental histories, and record findings through charting and clinical notes.
- Assess oral health needs using appropriate screening and monitoring procedures, and interpret dental radiographs to support treatment planning.
- Capture, develop, mount, and trace radiographs when required for diagnosis or corrective treatment.
- Carry out routine dental procedures, including cleaning and polishing teeth, treating gum disease, restoring cavities and damaged teeth, replacing missing teeth, and removing teeth when clinically necessary.
- Take dental impressions for study casts, provide oral-care guidance, and issue prescriptions within the scope of the role.
- Maintain sterile working conditions and use dental instruments and equipment in line with established clinical procedures.
- Record patient concerns, treatment observations, laboratory procedures, and follow-up results, keeping dental records current.
- Oversee clinic staff and processes, track equipment and supply needs, support cost-conscious purchasing, and maintain related bookkeeping.
Requirements & Qualifications
- Diploma in Community Oral Health.
- At least one year of experience working in a busy dental clinic.
- Membership in a recognised professional body.
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