Our client, a leading dental clinic is currently looking for a Dental Assistant – Team Lead to be based in Abu Dhabi. This role requires leading the practice nursing team as the Team Lead to carry out high quality dental chair-side assistance in a safe and effective manner. The responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Managing and strategizing the operations for the team of Dental Assistants
• Assisting dentists in managing medical and dental emergencies when necessary
• Assisting dental hygienists with procedures when necessary
• Providing great patient care
• 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
• Recording treatment information in patient records
• Exposing dental x-rays from dental diagnostics and caring for dental x-ray equipment
• Giving patients information on dental hygiene, oral health care, and plaque control programs
• Collecting and recording medical and dental histories
• 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