Description
At Orthodontic Experts, we are passionate about delivering exceptional patient care and advancing the standard of orthodontic excellence. We are seeking dedicated team members who share our commitment to high-quality care and who embody our Core Values:
- Accountability
- Continuous Improvement
- Inclusion
- Integrity
- Respect
- Teamwork
- Transparency
If you’re looking to grow your career with a purpose-driven, patient-centered organization, please apply with us.
Job Description:
As an Orthodontic Assistant, you will be an integral part of creating beautiful smiles for our patients. You will be part of a dynamic team of orthodontic professionals who are passionate about providing excellent care. You will be responsible for providing support to our Orthodontist and assisting in the chair-side procedures. Your duties will include preparing patients for their treatment, sterilizing instruments, taking digital radiographs, and assisting with laboratory procedures.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Prepare patients for orthodontic treatments, such as cleaning teeth, taking X-Rays, and making impressions.
- Examine patient's mouths and take notes of irregularities.
- Assist the orthodontist during procedures, such as adjusting braces and placing orthodontic appliances.
- Manage patient records and update charts.
- Educate patients on proper oral hygiene and orthodontic care.
- Sterilize instruments before and after use.
- Follow safety and infection control protocols.
- Complete Aligner procedures: attachments and adjustments, and scans
- Complete Full Arch Bonding top and bottom, as well as bonding fixed retainers
- Debonding
- Rebonding Brackets
- Using various digital scanners
- Making clear retainers
- Delivering expanders, space maintainers and forsus.
- In the event you are traveling to another clinic, you are required to perform all duties and responsibilities of your role including administrative tasks.
- Participate in Marketing events
- Other tasks as assigned.
Requirements
- Orthodontic assisting (1 year required)
- Availability on Saturdays
- High School Diploma of GED
- Certificate of completion for Orthodontic Assistant Courses (preferred)
- Ability to learn quickly and efficiently
- Can multitask
- Be professional, organized, and have strong attention to detail
- Have excellent communication skills
- Must possess (or be eligible to obtain) the applicable state-required dental radiography credential
Working Hours/ Location:
- Monday – Wednesday 8:45am – 5:00pm
- Thursday - Friday 6:45am – 3:00pm
- 2 Saturdays per month
- Two 9:45am- 6:00pm Shifts per month
Benefits (for our full-time employees):
- Paid Training
- Travel Pay (when traveling to sister clinics farther than 15 miles away from base clinic)
- Clinical Bonuses
- Paid Time Off
- Holiday Pay
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Savings Account
- Dependent Care Account
- 401(k) and matching
- Pet Insurance
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Identity Theft Protection
- MetLife MetLaw Legal Insurance
- Transit Reimbursement - Commuter Account
- Free and discounted Orthodontic Treatments
Skills Required
- Minimum 1 year orthodontic assisting experience
- Availability to work Saturdays
- High school diploma or GED
- Possess or be eligible to obtain required state dental radiography credential
- Ability to take digital radiographs and use digital/intraoral scanners
- Experience with aligner procedures, full arch bonding, debonding, rebonding brackets, and fixed retainers
- Ability to learn quickly, multitask, and follow infection control protocols
- Professional, organized, strong attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Certificate of completion for Orthodontic Assistant Courses
What We Do
Orthodontic Experts is a multi-location orthodontic practice headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, delivering accessible orthodontic care across Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. They offer traditional braces, ceramic and clear aligners (including Invisalign and 3M Clarity), emphasize affordability and patient experience, and engage in community programs and local outreach while maintaining multiple clinic locations and centralized scheduling.
