Experienced Dental Assistant | Private Fee-for-Service Practice | Summerlin

If you're the dental assistant who is already thinking about what the doctor will need next, notices the small details, and takes real pride in making both the patient's and doctor's day run smoothly, we'd like to meet you.

Exceptional Dentistry is a privately owned, fee-for-service dental practice in Summerlin. We provide comprehensive, cosmetic, restorative, and advanced dental care with a strong emphasis on quality, technology, attention to detail, and an exceptional patient experience.

We're looking for an experienced dental assistant who wants to do more than simply pass instruments.

We want someone who takes ownership of their role, enjoys learning, becomes highly skilled at what they do, and wants to be an important part of a high-performing clinical team.

Our practice isn't built around rushing as many patients through the office as possible. We care about doing things well.

That includes excellent clinical dentistry, thoughtful preparation, beautiful temporaries, accurate records, organized operatories, smooth digital workflows, and making sure patients feel genuinely cared for throughout their visit. Our assistants play an important role in making that happen.

If you enjoy comprehensive dentistry, technology, learning new skills, and becoming exceptional at your craft, this position offers a lot of room to grow.

What you'll do
You'll work closely with our doctors across a wide variety of procedures and help keep the clinical day organized, efficient, and patient-centered.

Your responsibilities will include:
Four-handed chairside assisting
Preparing operatories before procedures
Anticipating the doctor's clinical needs
Taking intraoral photographs, taking high-quality radiographs, digital scanning, and other diagnostic records
Fabricating and adjusting temporary crowns, bridges, and restorations
Assisting with restorative and cosmetic procedures
Assisting with crowns, veneers, bridges, and comprehensive restorative cases
Assisting with endodontic and surgical procedures
Supporting digital dentistry and CAD/CAM workflows
Supporting 3D-printing workflows
Managing laboratory cases and communication
Maintaining accurate clinical documentation
Reviewing relevant patient information before treatment
Sterilization and infection-control responsibilities
Maintaining organized operatories and clinical areas
Monitoring clinical supplies and communicating when items need attention
Providing excellent patient care before, during, and after treatment
Helping the clinical team stay ahead of the schedule rather than reacting to it
What success looks like here
Success looks like:
The operatory is completely prepared before the patient is seated.

You know what procedure is being performed and what will likely be needed.

The doctor rarely has to stop treatment because something was forgotten.

Your temporaries look and feel like something you're proud to deliver.

Diagnostic records are accurate and clinically useful.

Patients feel comfortable, informed, and cared for.

Lab cases and digital workflows don't fall through the cracks.

Instruments, materials, and equipment are organized and ready.

You notice potential problems before they become problems.

When you say you'll handle something, the team knows it will get done.

You continue becoming more capable as your experience grows.

The goal isn't perfection.

It's ownership, preparation, attention to detail, and continuous improvement.

You'll probably thrive here if you...

Take genuine pride in being an excellent dental assistant.

Naturally think one or two steps ahead.

Are dependable and punctual.

Pay attention to details other people sometimes miss.

Enjoy learning new techniques and technology.

Like working with doctors who perform comprehensive dentistry and specialty procedures.

Are comfortable with high clinical standards.

Take constructive feedback well and use it to improve.

Stay calm and organized when a day becomes complicated.

Communicate well with both patients and teammates.

Care about the quality of your work.

Prefer taking ownership rather than waiting to be told every next step.

Want to become more valuable and capable over time.

This probably isn't the right position if...

This environment may not be the best fit if you:
Prefer to wait for instructions before taking routine action.

Don't enjoy receiving feedback or learning new techniques.

Are satisfied with "good enough" when something could reasonably be done better.

Prefer assisting to remain limited strictly to passing instruments and turning over rooms.

Regularly leave unfinished tasks for someone else to discover.

Feel that helping outside your immediate assignment is automatically "not my job."
We believe high standards and a supportive workplace can coexist.

We don't expect perfection. We do expect reliability, communication, ownership, professionalism, and a genuine desire to improve.

Experience
Required
Minimum 2 years of chairside dental assisting experience
Strong understanding of general dental procedures and terminology
Ability to take high-quality diagnostic radiographs
Strong chairside assisting skills
Excellent communication and patient-care skills
Strong organization and attention to detail
Highly preferred
Experience with any of the following is a major plus:
Dentrix
CAD/CAM dentistry
Digital scanning
3D printing
Digital dental photography
Cosmetic and restorative dentistry
Veneer and larger restorative cases
Implant and surgical procedures
Laboratory workflows
Fabricating excellent temporary crowns, bridges, and provisionals
You do not need to already know every technology or workflow we use.

A strong clinical foundation, excellent attitude, attention to detail, and ability to learn are more important than checking every box.

Technology & digital dentistry
We believe assistants should have the opportunity to develop skills beyond traditional chairside assisting.

Our practice incorporates digital scanning, CAD/CAM dentistry, 3D printing, CBCT imaging, digital photography, and other modern clinical workflows.

If you enjoy technology—or want to become much better with it—we want to help you develop those skills.

We invest in our team
Professional development is important to us.

While this position does not have a standing individual CE reimbursement allowance, we actively invest in education and training for our team.

That may include:
Team continuing-education courses
Hands-on clinical training
Technology and digital-workflow training
Courses related to comprehensive and cosmetic dentistry
Practice-sponsored educational opportunities
Training designed to expand your clinical skills and responsibilities
We don't want someone to remain exactly the same assistant they were when they joined us. If you're motivated to grow, we want to provide opportunities to do that.

Schedule
Monday–Thursday: 7:30 AM–5:00 PM
Friday: 7:30 AM–12:00 PM
Compensation
$23–$28 per hour, based on experience, clinical skill, and the value you can bring to the position.

An assistant with advanced skills in areas such as cosmetic dentistry, exceptional temporary fabrication, CAD/CAM, digital workflows, 3D printing, and comprehensive restorative dentistry would be considered toward the higher end of the range.

Team members are also eligible for quarterly performance bonuses.

Benefits
Paid vacation: 1 week after 1 year of employment. Increases to 2 weeks after 2 years
1 week of paid sick leave
401(k) with 3% employer match
$200/month healthcare stipend
Quarterly performance bonus opportunities
Practice-sponsored continuing education and professional-development opportunities
Why this role is different
You'll do more than basic assisting. We want our assistants involved in digital dentistry, complex restorative care, technology, and advanced clinical workflows.

You'll have opportunities to become more skilled. We actively invest in team education and professional development.

You'll work with modern technology. Digital scanning, CAD/CAM, 3D printing, CBCT imaging, photography, and digital workflows are part of how we practice.

Quality matters here. Details like a beautiful temporary, an accurately captured scan, a completely prepared operatory, and a well-cared-for patient matter to us.

You'll work directly with the owners. We're a privately owned practice, and excellent team members have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on how the practice operates and grows.

Interested?

Please send us:
Your resume.

A few sentences telling us what caught your attention about this position.

Tell us one clinical skill you've worked particularly hard to become excellent at.

You don't need to write a formal cover letter.

We'd much rather hear a genuine answer and learn what you're proud of in your work.

We look forward to learning more about you.

Pay: $23.00 - $28.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40.0 per week
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Paid sick time
Paid time off
Professional development assistance
Application Question(s):
Please tell us one clinical skill you've worked particularly hard to become excellent at.

Please write a few sentences telling us what caught your attention about this position.

Experience:
chairside dental assisting: 2 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person