Dental Aide
Posted on Nov. 15, 2025 by Bristol Dental Clinic
- Mississauga, Canada
- N/A
- Full Time
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education
- College/CEGEP
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Dental practice
- Specialty dental practice
Tasks
- Prepare patients for dental examinations
- Train other dental laboratory assistants
- Order dental and office supplies
- Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
- Maintain and order supplies
- Mould wax over dentures set-up
- Perform reception and clerical duties
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
- Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
- Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
- Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
- Perform intra-oral duties
- Take and develop X-rays
- Record dental procedures performed on patients
- Invoice patients for dental services
- Polish and buff dentures
- Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts
Supervision
- 3-4 people
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Healing arts radiation protection (HARP) Certification
- Membership in the Canadian Dental Assistants Association
- Registration with provincial or territorial authorities
Technical expertise (dental)
- Plastering
- Packing
- Waxing-up
- Casting
- Polishing
- Assembly
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS Windows
- MS Word
Area of specialization
- Full dentures
- Partial dentures
- Orthodontic appliances
- Crowns and bridges
- Ceramic or porcelain application
- Gold dies and goldwork
- Chrome castings
Security and safety
- Immunization records
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Team player
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Reliability
Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- Do you live near the job location?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- What is your current field of study?
- What is your current level of study?
Experience
- 2 years to less than 3 years
Other benefits
- Free parking available
Advertised until:
Dec. 15, 2025
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