Dental Assistants | Steinbicker Family Dentistry • Mebane

Our Mebane dentists work with the best dental assistants in the area!

They help our dentists with many dental services. Our dental assistants offer diagnostic services such as taking radiographs (i.e., x-rays) and intra-oral pictures. Why choose our Mebane dental office for treatment? Our team provides exceptional customer service and makes Steinbicker Family Dentistry your top choice for dental care.

Dental services our assistants perform

Steinbicker Family Dentistry’s dental hygienists and assistants are vital in helping our dentists with specific procedures. Below are some of the processes they assist our doctors and hygienists with:

• Teeth cleanings: i.e., child or adult prophy
• Suctioning during scaling and root planings
• Application of fluoride varnish
• Pouring up impressions in dental stone
• Coordinating with the lab making crowns and dentures
• Placing sealants: Sealants are a material placed in deep grooves, pits, and fissures in a tooth
• Take impressions for mouth guards and Invisalign (i.e., orthodontics) treatment
• Dental crowns: i.e., assist in crown preparation and final impression, pack retraction cord
• Implant restoration: i.e., help with handing instruments to the dentist

Dental assistants with both dentists and dental hygienists. Our assistants help sterilize instruments in our MidMark autoclaves. We use test strips to ensure biologic safety. Our office uses dental cassettes which are one of the most effective ways to package and sterilize dental instruments.

Dental assistant skills

The assistants at Steinbicker Family Dentistry perform many duties assisting our Mebane dentists. Below are some of the skills they have:

• Seating patients in the chair and assessing their treatment needs
• Chairside assisting: i.e., handing dentist instruments and suctioning water and saliva during dental procedures
• Clinical support
• Assist with dental implant impressions and placement
• Assist dentists with fillings
• Ensures patient safety procedures
• Help relay dental information to patients
• Assist when our Mebane dentists excavate tooth decay
• Makes custom trays for full and partial dentures: i.e., custom trays used to take impressions
• Taking blood pressure: i.e., to determine if it’s too high for treatment
• Asking about the patient’s medical history and making sure it is current
• Being good listeners and keeping patients company during their treatment
• Communicating with patients through scheduling and relaying information during their appointment
• Participate in volunteer activities such as Pay It Forward free dental care at Steinbicker Family Dentistry

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