• PREPARE PATIENTS, STERILIZE OR DISINFECT INSTRUMENTS, SET UP INSTRUMENT TRAYS, PREPARE MATERIALS, OR ASSIST DENTIST DURING DENTAL PROCEDURES.
• RECORD TREATMENT INFORMATION IN PATIENT RECORDS.
• PROVIDE POSTOPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS PRESCRIBED BY DENTIST.
• INSTRUCT PATIENTS IN ORAL HYGIENE AND PLAQUE CONTROL PROGRAMS.
• TAKE AND RECORD MEDICAL AND DENTAL HISTORIES AND VITAL SIGNS OF PATIENTS.
• APPLY PROTECTIVE COATING OF FLUORIDE TO TEETH.
• MAKE PRELIMINARY IMPRESSIONS FOR STUDY CASTS AND OCCLUSAL REGISTRATIONS FOR MOUNTING STUDY CASTS.
• POUR, TRIM, AND POLISH STUDY CASTS.
• FABRICATE TEMPORARY RESTORATIONS OR CUSTOM IMPRESSIONS FROM PRELIMINARY IMPRESSIONS.
• CLEAN AND POLISH REMOVABLE APPLIANCES.
• CLEAN TEETH, USING DENTAL INSTRUMENTS.
• FABRICATE AND FIT ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES AND MATERIALS FOR PATIENTS, SUCH AS RETAINERS, WIRES, OR BANDS.
• PLACE RETRACTION CORDS AND TAKE FINAL IMPRESSION FOR CROWN AND BRIDGE.
• PROVIDE POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS.
• ORDER AND MONITOR DENTAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT INVENTORY.
