Dental Assistant - Somerset West, South Africa - MHR

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Somerset West, South Africa

3 weeks ago

Thabo Mthembu

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Job Advert Summary:


Our client, one of the leading private healthcare providers, is looking for
Dental Assistants to work
locum shifts
at private dental facilities in Somerset West
in Cape Town** (Western Cape province).

You will help with preparing patients, sterilizing instruments, setting up rooms, and some dental hygiene tasks.

To do well in this role you should have a
dental x-ray certification and
provide a great level of patient care.



Minimum Requirements:


  • Valid registration with HPCSA as a Dental Assistant
  • Certification or associate degree in an accredited dental assisting program
  • Dental xray certification


  • Grade1

  • Completion of Dental Hygiene Program
  • Experience using computers for a variety of tasks
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Consistently professional appearance and attitude
  • Excellent patient care skills

Duties and Responsibilities:


  • Preparing patients for dental work
  • Helping with infection control by sterilizing and disinfecting instruments, setting up instrument trays, preparing materials, and assisting with dental procedures
  • Assisting dentists in managing medical and dental emergencies when necessary
  • Assisting dental hygienists with procedures when necessary
  • Providing excellent patient care
  • Recording treatment information in patient records
  • Exposing dental xrays from dental diagnostics and caring for dental xray equipment
  • Giving patients information on dental hygiene, oral health care, and plaque control programs
  • Collecting and recording medical and dental histories and patient vital signs
  • Providing postoperative instructions as directed by the dentist
  • Caring for dental equipment
  • Forming preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts
  • Ordering dental supplies and maintaining dental equipment inventory
  • Fabricating temporary restorations and custom impressions from preliminary impressions
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