Dental Assistant
Core
Assists staff and students in dental treatment, instruction, and laboratory tasks including model fabrication, orthodontic appliance creation, and oral surgery support.
Role type
Dental Assistant (Laboratory & Clinical Support)
Builds
Dental models, surgical stents, orthodontic appliances, mouth guards, and bleaching trays
Domain
Healthcare / Dentistry / Dental Education
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Dental Assistant Certification, manual dexterity, knowledge of dental laboratory procedures, ability to work with extracted teeth and animal parts, knowledge of impression materials and stones, ability to fabricate custom trays and surgical guides
Preferred skills
Knowledge of denture teeth selection, experience with articulators, ability to wax up teeth
Technologies
Alginate, dental stones (Type 1-4), articulators, Essix retainers, custom trays
Responsibilities
Pour and trim dental models, take radiographs on extracted teeth, work with animal parts for oral surgery tasks, fabricate surgical stents and orthodontic appliances, place bands and brackets, create athletic mouth guards and bleaching trays, maintain simulation lab equipment
Seniority
Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on IC