Dentist

Positions in this job family are responsible for the administration, planning, implementation and management, and improvement of a comprehensive program of preventive dentistry; and a dental care and treatment program, including diagnostic, prosthetic, surgical, endodontic, periodontal, and restorative dentistry, for persons who are in state custody or care.

• Develops and administers a program of preventive dentistry and delivery of treatment to consumers.
• Participates in the integration of the dental program with other programs of the institution.
• Determines the oral health of the patient and the adjacent structures through the use of visual, digital, and x-ray examinations.
• Recommends a treatment plan based on pathology and examination and completed with the necessary operative procedures to eliminate or control such pathology within agency guideline.
• Evaluates oral pathology and makes appropriate referrals to ...