Dentist Full-Time Benefits

The Bedford-Stuyvesant Family Health Center (BSFHC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that serves all of the primary health care needs of families in the heart of North and Central Brooklyn. Our mission is to provide the most professional courteous and highest quality health care with dignity to those we serve especially the undeserved population without regard for ability to pay.

We are seeking a Dentist to provide quality competent safe and compassionate care based on established standards in a patient-focused preventative and restorative dental care. The Dentist will work in collaboration with team members to implement a comprehensive patient-centered plan of care to achieve expected outcomes and comply with BSFHC Mission.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Performs root canal therapy on anterior teeth and other teeth where root canal anatomy is within the skill set of the dentist.
• Reviews findings from full mouth periodontal exams to diagnose periodontal disease and design a periodontal treatment plan.
• Takes impressions and models of jaws and teeth in preparation for dentures and crowns.
• Consults with heads of other patient care services in planning the most appropriate dental treatment to be used and coordinating patient problems (behavioral medical etc.).
• Extracts infected or otherwise diseased / hopeless teeth.
• Provides preventive dentistry counseling anticipatory guidance evaluation of nutritional status and oral hygiene habits of patients with or without the aid of a dental hygienist.
• Locates and repairs cavities in teeth following discussions of findings with dental radiographs to formulate a treatment plan.
• Completes examination of the patients teeth gums and surrounding structures using a mouth mirror dental explorer periodontal probe dental instruments and other diagnostic aids such as dental radiographic images from dental x-rays. Clinical findings are entered into the patients eCW medical record to formulate and carry out the most feasible plan of treatment.

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Hourly Rate : $75 and based on experience

BSFHC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Client Services

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1