Skills Dental Assistant in Prince Edward Island

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a dental assistant in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Dental assistants (NOC 33100).

Tasks

  • Prepare patients for dental examinations
  • Order dental and office supplies
  • Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
  • 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
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Perform intra-oral duties
  • Take and develop X-rays
  • Record dental procedures performed on patients
  • Invoice patients for dental services
  • Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
  • Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Building Help - Building
  • Restoring and Repairing

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Restoring and Repairing
Replacing worn or broken parts, adjusting and testing for function, appearance, operation or safety.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery Help - Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery
  • Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment
Controlling, monitoring, calibrating and adjusting precision instrumentation.

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Communication Help - Communication
  • Teaching and Training
  • Liaising and Networking

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Teaching and Training
Facilitating the acquisition of new knowledge and skills.
Liaising and Networking
Developing alliances, contacts or partnerships, and exchanging information with others.
Creative Expression Help - Creative Expression
  • Designing

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Designing
Producing work based on aesthetic or functional design concepts.

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Management Help - Management
  • Supervising

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Supervising
Directing and monitoring the performance of others.

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

Mathematics and Science Help - Mathematics and Science
  • Chemistry

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Chemistry
Knowledge of chemical composition, structure and properties of substances; of chemical processes, interactions and transformations; and of uses of chemicals, their production techniques and disposal methods.
Engineering and Technology Help - Engineering and Technology
  • Design

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Design
Knowledge of principles, techniques and tools applied in the development of precision technical plans, drawings and working models.
Business, Finance and Management Help - Business, Finance and Management
  • Clerical

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

Clerical
Knowledge of office administrative and clerical practices and procedures.
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