Job Information

Located in the school in their community and reporting directly to the Territorial Specialist, Oral Health Care. The incumbent independently provides clinical intra-oral restorative and preventative treatment to school age children (grade K to 12). The Dental Therapist develops and delivers community based oral-dental health promotion and educational activities to individuals or groups (i.e. a class) within various schools. Additionally, the incumbent develops oral/dental health promotion material and activities to be delivered in partnership with a Community Health Nurse (CHN) and other health care professionals (i.e. post-natal clinic, pre-school screening within various community health centers).

When treatment is outside the Dental Therapist's scope of practice, the incumbent will refer the client to a Dentist (i.e. abnormal oral or pathological conditions, etc.). The Dental Therapist may also cross-refer the patient to other health c...