Must possess skills in expanded dental functions to permit direct patient care by applying rubber dams, placing matrix bands, inserting and contouring filling materials, fabricating and cementing temporary crowns, placing surgical dressings, removing sutures, providing postoperative instructions, instructing patients on proper dental disease control techniques, and taking impressions for study casts. Retrieves patient's records, escorts patient to dental treatment area, seats and prepares patient for Dental Officer, assists by preparing dental instruments, dental materials, drugs, and medications, passes instruments, retracts tissues, irrigates oral cavity, and helps to maintain a dry field.