Coastal Kids Dental & Braces
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant
Charleston, South Carolina•Full-time
$23 - $28 hourly
$23 - $28 hourly
About the Job
Expanded Duty Dental Assistant (EDDA) Coastal Kids Dental & Braces – James Island
Looking for a dental assisting opportunity with a schedule that gives you more balance? Join the team at Coastal Kids Dental & Braces – James Island and put your expanded skills to work while making a difference in the lives of young patients!
We’re looking for a skilled, compassionate, and team-oriented EDDA who enjoys working with children and wants to be part of a supportive pediatric dental team.
Your Schedule:
- Tuesday & Thursday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- One Friday per month.
Why You’ll Love This Opportunity:
- Put your expanded functions to work in a pediatric dental practice.
- Enjoy a consistent, manageable schedule.
- Work alongside a supportive team that values collaboration and patient care.
- Make a lasting impact by helping children build healthy dental habits and positive experiences.
- Opportunity to grow your skills and career within Coastal Kids Dental & Braces.
What You’ll Do:
As an EDDA, you’ll play an important role in both patient care and clinical support. Your responsibilities will include:
- Assist the dentist with restorative, endodontic, surgical, and other dental procedures.
- Perform expanded functions within the scope of state regulations, including placing and contouring restorations, taking impressions, and applying sealants.
- Take dental radiographs and complete preliminary charting.
- Prepare and maintain instruments, equipment, and treatment materials.
- Follow infection control and sterilization protocols.
- Welcome and prepare patients for treatment while helping create a comfortable, positive experience.
- Provide patients and families with post-treatment and oral hygiene instructions.
- Maintain accurate patient records and documentation.
- Help maintain inventory and ensure clinical supplies are available.
- Support the overall flow and efficiency of the practice.
What We’re Looking For:
We’re looking for someone who is confident in their clinical skills, dependable, organized, and genuinely enjoys working with children.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Required state dental assisting certifications/credentials, including applicable radiology, nitrous oxide, and expanded function/expanded duties certifications.
- Current CPR certification.
- Previous dental assisting experience preferred.
- Bilingual skills are a plus, but not required.
You’ll be a great fit if you:
- Enjoy working as part of a collaborative team.
- Have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Provide exceptional patient service with a warm, positive attitude.
- Are organized, detail-oriented, and able to multitask.
- Take pride in providing high-quality clinical care.
- Are comfortable learning new technology and software.
- Bring a professional, dependable, and team-first attitude to work every day.
Make a Difference. Grow Your Career. Create Smiles.
If you’re an EDDA who wants to use your skills, enjoy a balanced schedule, and make a difference in the lives of children, we’d love to meet you!
Join Coastal Kids Dental & Braces – James Island and be part of a team that helps create healthy smiles and positive dental experiences for years to come.