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Position Summary:
Dental Technicians assist and support Dental Officers in delivering dental services to Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and, occasionally, their families and dependants.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing clinical support procedures to include user maintenance and first line repair of dental equipment and disinfection/sterilization procedures;
- Applying acid etch and cavity bonding;
- Responding to patient medical emergencies;
- Controlling bleeding;
- Providing general dental administrative services;
- Removing sutures;
- Placing cavity liners;
- Exposing and developing radiographs;
- Providing preventive dentistry measures to include selective rubber cup polishing of coronal tooth surfaces, OHI, and application of anticariogenic and desensitizing agents;
- Providing laboratory procedures to include fabrication of casts, custom trays, mouthguards and minor repairs to acrylic appliances;
- Applying and removing matrices and wedges;
- Placing temporary restorations;
- Applying topical anesthetic;
- Temporarily cementing crowns and bridges;
- Providing operational dental support (MOSID 00335 only);
- Applying rubber dam;
- Making impressions for study models;
- Performing pulp vitality testing;
- Providing clinical assistance;
Required Education & Experience:
If you already have a Level II Dental Assisting Diploma from an accredited College or a National Dental Assisting Examining Board Certificate, including a registration/license with the provincial regulatory body where applicable (provincial regulatory organizations) and at least 900 hours of clinical experience within the last two years, the CAF may place you directly into any of the 24 military dental clinics following basic training. Basic training is required before being assigned to a military dental clinic.