Dental Assisting Instructor - Full Time

Dental Assisting Instructor – Put Your Clinical Experience to Work

(No Teaching Experience Needed)

Are you an experienced Dental Assistant who’s ready for a change from the fast pace of daily patient care? Looking for a stable, meaningful role where you can share your knowledge without the physical demands of full-time clinical work?

This is your opportunity to stay in dentistry, inspire the next generation of Dental Assistants, and build a rewarding career in education.

We’re looking for skilled dental professionals — not career educators. If you know dental assisting, we’ll teach you how to teach.

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What You’ll Be Doing

As a Dental Assisting Instructor, you’ll bring real-world chairside experience into the classroom and lab, helping students connect textbook concepts to what actually happens in today’s dental practices.

You will

• Teach dental assisting concepts through classroom instruction, skills lab demonstrations, and hands-on training
• Demonstrate clinical procedures including chairside assisting, infection control, radiography, instrument processing, impressions, and patient care techniques
• Share real-world experiences, industry standards, and best practices from modern dental settings
• Mentor students as they build technical skills, professionalism, and confidence in patient interaction
• Prepare students for certification and entry-level Dental Assisting roles
• Evaluate student performance and provide constructive, supportive feedback
• Participate in paid instructor training and ongoing professional development
• Work independently while supported by a collaborative academic and administrative team

No lesson plans from scratch. We provide curriculum, training, and instructional support.

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• Minimum Requirements
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Dental Assistant or EFDA required
• Minimum of a Diploma from a Dental Assisting or Dental Hygiene program
• Certified Dental Assistant through DANB or willing to obtain at time of hire
• CPR / BLS, RHS certifications required