Skills:
- Infection Control & Sterilization
- Assessing a patient’s Medical & Dental History
- Teaching Smoking Cessation
- Performing Intra & Extra-oral Examinations
- Blood Pressure & Pulse Screenings
- Exposing Digital (using Gendex GXDP-300) & Film Radiographs (Periapicals, Bitewings, & Panoramic images)
- Dental & Periodontal Charting using Dentrix & Dentimax Software
- Detection of Caries & providing Caries Risk Assessments
- Detection of both Subgingival & Supragingival Calculus
- Providing Individualized Oral Hygiene Instruction
- Scaling and Root Planning using both Hand Instrumentation and an Ultrasonic Device
- Prophylaxis with Soft Tissue Management
- Applying Fluoride Varnish/Trays
- Placing Rubber Dam’s
- Pit & Fissure Sealants
- Takig Alginate Impressions
- Pouring of Dental Models & Trimming
- Periodontal Dressings
- Arestin Placement & Post-Treatment Evaluations
- Polishing and Using an Air Polisher/Prophy-jet
- Management of Pediatric Patients
- Administration of Local Anesthesia, Nitrous Oxide, & Oraqix
- Time Management Skills
Additional Skills:
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint
- Fluent in English & Hebrew
- Courteous and professional communication
- Ability to work individually as well as in a team-based work environment
