• Application Deadline: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Dental Therapist


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 2 - 5 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
  

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Dental therapists work as part of a team, providing clinical treatments prescribed by a dentist.

• A dental therapist certified by the board under may perform the following services and procedures pursuant to the written collaborative management agreement with a Dentist:


•  An oral evaluation and assessment of dental disease and the formulation of an individualized treatment plan authorized by the collaborating dentist;


• Nonsurgical extractions of permanent teeth as limited in subdivision 3, paragraph (b).


• Oral health instruction and disease prevention education, including nutritional counseling and dietary analysis


•  Preliminary charting of the oral cavity 


• Making radiographs


• Mechanical polishing


•  Application of topical preventive or prophylactic agents, including fluoride varnishes and pit and fissure sealants


•  Pulp vitality testing


• Application of desensitizing medication or resin


•  Fabrication of athletic mouth guards


• Placement of temporary restorations


•  Fabrication of soft occlusal guards


• Tissue conditioning and soft reline


•  Atraumatic restorative therapy


•  Dressing changes


•  Tooth re-implantation


• Administration of local anesthetic


•  Administration of nitrous oxide