Heather Huyghe

General Dental Assisting

*Not an exhaustive description of duties performed

• Prepare work area for treatment and procedures

•Chairside assisting using four handed dentistry

•Dental Imaging/X rays

•iTero scanning

•Taking impressions

•Fabricating and cementing temporary restorations

•Administering and monitoring nitrous oxide

•Fitting and adjusting dental appliances and restorations

•Patient education

•Schedule appointments

•Detailed documentation-clinical notes

•Equipment maintenance procedures/monitoring

•Lab work(pour/trim models and fabricate appliances

Orthodontic Assisting

•Remove/place ties and power chain

•Fit and place arch wires

•Prepare and isolate for bracket bonding

•Place Invisalign attachments

•Records

•Patient education/post op/care/hygiene instructions

Whole Office Responsibilities

• •Order supplies/keep inventory

•Monitor protocols

•Train new assistants

•Chairside assisting

•X Rays

•Take impressions & pour/trim models

•Instrument sterilization

•Chairside assisting

•X Rays

•Take impressions & pour/trim models

•Fabricate/cement temporary restorations

•Instrument sterilization

•Chairside assisting

•X Rays

•Take impressions & pour/trim models

•Fabricate/cement temporary restorations

•Ortho assisting

•Instrument sterilization