Dental Assistant
Job Description
We are looking for a full time competent dental assistant in our office. You’ll be a part of a team providing excellent patient experience and help the dentists provide outstanding dental care.
Pay is highly dependent on experience.
Responsibilities:
-Welcome patients in the dental chair
-Prepare patients for treatments or checkups ensuring their comfort
-Select and set up instruments, equipment and material needed
-Sterilize instruments according to regulations
-Assist the dentist through 4-handed dentistry
-Undertake lab tasks as instructed
-Provide oral hygiene and post-operative care instructions
-Keep the dental room clean and well-stocked
-Maintain accurate patient records
Requirements:
-Proven experience as dental assistant is preferred, however if you have limited experience please also apply
-Knowledge of dental instruments and sterilization methods
-Understanding of health & safety regulations
-Good computer skills
-Excellent communication and people skills
-Attention to detail
-Well-organized and reliable
-High school diploma; graduating from dental assistant school is preferred but not required
Job Details
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Typical pay (not posted by this employer)
- Typical pay for Dental Assistant in Texas: $18–$21 an hour
- The middle half of 3,225 job posts in Texas that listed pay in the last year, based on the lower figure of each posted range; yearly pay divided by 2,000 hours. Ask the employer what this role pays.
- Specialty
- Dental Assistant
- Posted
- July 3, 2026
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