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Registered Dental Assistant

Employer

City Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry

Date Posted

June 18, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $36.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 140 to 180 hours per month
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Jul 09, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

City Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry

Languages

English

Education

  • College/CEGEP
  • Dental assisting/assistant

Tasks

  • Prepare patients for dental examinations
  • Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
  • Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
  • Perform intra-oral duties
  • Take and develop X-rays
  • Record dental procedures performed on patients
  • Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
  • Perform restorative and orthodontic procedures under the direction of a dentist
  • Modify dental devices including full or partial dentures, orthodontic appliances, inlays, onlays, clasps and bands

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Registration with provincial or territorial authorities

Area of specialization

  • Orthodontic appliances
  • Crowns and bridges
  • Ceramic or porcelain application
  • Chrome castings
  • Pediatric dentistry

Screening questions

  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Day

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Registered Dental Assistant is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Dental Assistants
METHODICAL

Interest in copying information to record dental procedures performed, order dental and office supplies, prepare dental instruments and filling materials, and to invoice patients; and in taking preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts

SOCIAL

Interest in assisting dentists in patient care and treatment; and in educating patients concerning oral hygiene

OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating equipment to sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment; in taking and developing X-rays, polishing teeth and clinical crowns and applying fluoride and sealant, and to fabricating temporary crowns and restorations

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