Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA)

Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA)

Atlanta, Georgia | Full-Time Direct Hire | Up to $30 per Hour

A-Team Dental Staffing has partnered with an established, innovative private dental practice in Atlanta, Georgia, to recruit an experienced Expanded Duty Dental Assistant for a full-time, direct-hire opportunity.

This established fee-for-service practice has served the Atlanta community for more than 40 years and provides comprehensive general, cosmetic, restorative, implant, endodontic, and clear-aligner dentistry. The practice offers advanced technology, ongoing training, and meaningful opportunities for professional development.

The ideal candidate is an experienced, clinically confident assistant who possesses Georgia expanded-duty certifications and can work efficiently alongside multiple providers in a fast-paced environment.

Schedule

• Monday: 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
  
• Tuesday: 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
  
• Wednesday: 9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
  
• Thursday: 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
  
• Friday: 7:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
  
• Full-time, direct-hire position
  
• Team members arrive approximately 20 minutes before the first patient
  

Compensation

• Up to $30 per hour
  
• Compensation based on experience, certifications, expanded-duty qualifications, and clinical skill level
  

Training and Professional Development

• Dedicated one-hour team training session every Wednesday
  
• Employer-supported continuing education
  
• The practice is willing to pay for advanced education and certifications for the right candidate
  
• Potential employer-sponsored training in areas such as phlebotomy
  
• Opportunities to expand clinical knowledge and advance professionally
  

Practice Environment

• Established for more than 40 years
  
• Four-provider practice
  
• Two dental hygienists
  
• Approximately 13 team members
  
• Ten operatories
  
• Fee-for-service patient base
  
• Innovative, stable, people-oriented, and team-focused culture
  
• Detail-oriented and committed to excellent clinical outcomes
  

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient four-handed chairside assistance
  
• Perform expanded duties permitted by the candidate’s Georgia certifications
  
• Anticipate the doctors’ needs throughout procedures
  
• Prepare treatment rooms, instruments, materials, and equipment
  
• Assist with crowns and bridges, composite fillings, root canals, extractions, implant placement, partial and complete dentures, fixed implant-retained dentures, cosmetic procedures, and Invisalign
  
• Assist with complex restorative and surgical procedures
  
• Take diagnostic-quality digital radiographs
  
• Capture digital impressions using an iTero scanner
  
• Assist with 3D imaging and implant treatment workflows
  
• Fabricate provisional restorations when appropriately certified
  
• Prepare patients for treatment and explain procedures
  
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation in Dentrix
  
• Turn over treatment rooms thoroughly and efficiently
  
• Sterilize instruments and maintain infection-control protocols
  
• Monitor supplies and restock clinical areas
  
• Provide postoperative instructions as directed
  
• Help patients feel comfortable and informed throughout treatment
  
• Maintain efficient patient flow in a fast-paced, multi-provider practice
  
• Follow OSHA, HIPAA, and practice safety requirements
  
• Participate in weekly Wednesday training sessions
  

Software and Technology

• Dentrix
  
• Practice by Numbers
  
• Vatech EZ-Denti imaging software
  
• Vatech Green CT 3D imaging
  
• iTero digital scanner
  
• Endo Edge endodontic system
  
• Multiple implant systems, including BioHorizons, MegaGen, and Zimmer Biomet
  

Requirements

• Previous hands-on dental assisting experience required
  
• Georgia Expanded Duty Dental Assistant certificates strongly preferred
  
• Candidates should possess certifications for the expanded functions they perform
  
• Current CPR/BLS certification
  
• Dental radiography training and certification as required
  
• Experience assisting with restorative dentistry, oral surgery, implants, extractions, root canals, and cosmetic procedures strongly preferred
  
• Dentrix experience preferred
  
• Strong knowledge of dental terminology, instruments, materials, and procedures
  
• Ability to anticipate the provider’s needs and remain prepared throughout procedures
  
• Comfortable working with multiple providers in a fast-paced practice
  
• Excellent organization, communication, and patient-care skills
  
• Dependable, proactive, detail-oriented, and team-focused
  
• Motivated to pursue advanced education and additional clinical certifications
  

Benefits

• Medical benefits through Aflac
  
• Vision benefits through Aflac
  
• In-house employee dental plan
  
• 401(k) with employer matching up to 4%
  
• Four sick days per year, earned quarterly
  
• Opportunity for unused sick time to be paid as a year-end bonus
  
• One personal day
  
• 40 hours of vacation after one year of service
  
• 80 hours of vacation after three years of service
  
• Paid holidays
  
• Additional eligibility requirements and benefit details will be discussed during the interview