The Dental Director will render dental treatment, manage staff, operate and promote the dental program, oversee program budget, and report to the appropriate entity. Dental treatment includes but is not limited to, restorative, fixed and removable prosthodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, prevention, scaling & root planning, and radiology required in the performance of such services.

DUTIES:

Plan, develop, coordinate, implement, and evaluate the dental program. This includes managing staff, enforcing and creating infection control protocols, patient treatment & scheduling, billing/receivables, training, ordering/budgeting, licensing, equipment maintenance, and safety practices.
Oversee the financial aspect of the program to include proper and timely billing, insurance claim submission, and accurately posting receivables in Dentrix. Responsibilities also include monitoring the accounts receivables to ensure they are rectified in a timely manner as well.
Monitor the production of the clinic and make efforts to keep production at an adequate level based on the ability of the clinic and the needs of the patient population.
Submit all required reports to Indian Health Services (his), Tribal Council, Health Director, Business Office Manager and QI Coordinator as needed.
Attend and participate in various meetings with Tribal Council, Gatekeepers, and clinical meetings in and outside of normal clinic hours.
Manage clinic specific programs such as Head Start, sealant clinic, orthodontic screening, and participate in health fairs, Pow Wow and any other clinic specific program that is performed.
Perform comprehensive patient treatment utilizing dentistry’s standard of care with an evidence based approach to include:
Review patient's medical chart for evidence of disease or abnormalities which could be adversely affected by dental treatment, and take necessary precautions to insure safe and effective treatment.
Ensure proper referral of patients for necessary medical evaluation or specialty care if beyond the scope of general dental practice or the dentists training.
Perform oral examinations to include inspection of hard and soft tissues of oral cavity, diagnosing pathological/irregular conditions, and insure that results of exam are properly recorded in patient's chart.
Develop patient treatment plans and ensure that the patient understands the plan.
Request required dental radiographs and performs radiographic interpretation.
Perform restoration of cavities utilizing common dental restorative materials.
Provide all appropriate dental disease prevention measures for each patient.
Perform single and multiple extractions of teeth from simple to complex extractions.
Remove localized foreign bodies from the gingival tissues and alveolar sockets.
Perform root canal therapy on single and multi-rooted teeth.
Performs routine prosthodontic procedures to include crowns, bridges, and inlays/onlays.
Performs routine removable prosthodontic procedures to include, partials, dentures, and splints.
Perform routine pedodontic procedures to include fillings, cleanings, pulpotomies, stainless steel crowns, extractions, and space maintainers.
Diagnose malocclusions and refers for proper orthodontic treatment.
Treat oral and gingival infections.
Provide consultant services in administration matters related to dentistry. As necessary, may serve in other areas of incumbent's discipline.
Identifies and pursues methods of professional growth and career development in areas identified as a need for self and staff.

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