Senior Dentist
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2CLASSIFICATION: SENIOR DENTIST
Class Code: 8134-35
Date Established: 10-30-13
Occupational Code: 7-4-3
Date of Last Revision:
BASIC PURPOSE: To provide direct dental care and to oversee the implementation of standard dental procedures
for a state institution in order to maintain the oral health of residents.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Attends to the dental needs of patients, implementing standard dental procedures.
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Provides clinical supervision to the dental assistants and dental hygienists assigned to the dental area and
reviews staff reports.
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Develops appropriate treatment plans and provides preventive and corrective services. Reviews and
evaluates treatment procedures and outcomes.
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Maintains cleanliness and patient care standards, complying with regulatory guidelines; examines teeth,
gums, and related tissues using dental instruments, x-rays and other diagnostic equipment to evaluate
dental health, and to diagnose diseases or abnormalities.
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Maintains dental records of patients and accurately documents review of medical history and physical
status of patients.
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Consults with physician when medical complications or indications for pre-medication exist before
rendering treatment.
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Attends and participates in staff meetings; attends interdisciplinary conferences involving dental treatments
and care.
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Advises and instructs patients regarding preventive dental care, the causes and treatment of dental
problems, and oral health care services.
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Represents the agency to explain and defend dental programs, practices and outcomes.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in evaluating, planning, or integrating analysis of data to formulate current and long-range
solutions, strategies, or policies of a specialized or technical nature.
Knowledge: Requires expertise in a highly specialized, technical, or professional discipline to manage or create
policy at a systemwide administrative level.
Impact: Requires overall administrative responsibility for achieving agency objectives by directing all aspects of
operations management. Errors at this level result in disruption of systemwide programs and services as well as
long-term adverse impact on agency image and the future success of organizational operations.
Supervision: Requires delegating supervisory or program responsibilities to subordinate managers, with overall
accountability for hiring employees or approving program policies. The supervisor in this position assumes
responsibility for an organizational unit, including developing long-range plans, analyzing staffing requirements, and
formulating systemwide policies and procedures.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job functions in an adverse working environment containing a
combination of disagreeable elements which impact significantly upon the employee's capacity for completing work
assignments. This level includes work-related accidents or assault.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching,
bending, or lifting as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or coordination in operating
machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires acting as the official representative of the agency, including explaining and defending
current and long-range goals or objectives which directly affect public policy decisions regarding major state
programs and services.
Complexity: Requires evaluating a combination of wide-ranging job functions to determine work procedures, to
solve problems, and to reach conclusions by applying analytical, technical, or scientific thinking. This level also
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