**Dental Assistant Expanded Function**

**Schedule: Casual, Day shift, 1-2 days/week, typically Mondays and Wednesdays.**

**Purpose:**
The Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA) assists a licensed oral surgeon/dentist under his/her direction.

**Responsibilities:**

+ Assists dentists and oral surgeons within the scope of practice as a Dental Assistant/Expanded Function Dental Assistant (i.e., therapeutic procedures only) under his/her direct supervision. Perform mouth mirror inspection of the oral cavity; Place and remove retraction chord; Monitor and respond to post-surgical bleeding; Place amalgam for condensation by the dentist; carve amalgams, Remove sutures; dry canal; tie in archwire; Apply topical fluoride; apply topical anesthetic to the injection site; Place and remove dental dam;
+ Pour, trim, and evaluate the quality of diagnostic casts; Size and place orthodontic bands and brackets; Using the concepts of four-handed dentistry, assi...