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Dental Assistant

Oakland, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-21 → 2026-09-27

Core

Provides clinical support to dentists and hygienists during treatment procedures, manages infection control protocols, and educates patients on oral hygiene.

Role type

Dental Assistant

Builds

Dental treatment procedures and patient care services

Domain

Healthcare / Dentistry

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Chairside assisting, dental radiography, infection control, patient education, instrument sterilization, record keeping, orthodontic separator placement, rubber dam placement, suture removal, topical fluoride application, temporary dressing placement

Preferred skills

Fluency in Asian languages (Cantonese, Vietnamese, Mandarin)

Technologies

Dental radiography equipment, sterilization equipment

Responsibilities

Set up operatories and maintain sterile environments, assist dentists and hygienists during procedures, take and develop dental radiographs, instruct patients on oral care and hygiene strategies, serve as infection control officer by sterilizing instruments and developing protocols, prepare patient charts and records, remove sutures and place/remove rubber dams, apply topical agents and fluoride, place and remove temporary sedative dressings and orthodontic separators, inspect oral cavities and chart lesions

Seniority

Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on IC

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