The dentist preps. You finish. That's the whole model.
The Expanded Functions Dental Assistant is the highest-leverage clinical role short of the dentist — and at Restoro it's not a bonus, it's the architecture. Our entire premise is that the dentist is the one scarce resource, and the single biggest way to protect her time is this: in Florida, after the dentist prepares a tooth, a trained expanded-functions assistant can place, pack, and contour the composite or amalgam and fit and contour stainless-steel crowns, under her direct supervision. She diagnoses and preps; you finish. That hand-off is exactly what lets a filling visit stay inside 31 minutes.
We're hiring the founding clinical team for a studio opening September 2026 in the Ponte Vedra–Nocatee corridor: 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, walk-ins as the default. If you're already a Florida EFDA, you'll be doing the most interesting version of that job here — with modern equipment, a model designed around your skill set, and pay that reflects how much leverage you actually create. If you're a strong assistant ready to expand, this is where we grow you into it.
What it's like
You're the leverage the model is built on
Most offices treat expanded functions as an occasional nicety. Here it's the point. When the dentist can hand off restorative finishing to you, she stays free for diagnosis, exams, and the procedures only she can do — which is the entire reason patients get in and out in half an hour. Your skill isn't a line item; it's load-bearing.
Restorative work, plus the full expanded set
Placing and contouring restorations after a prep, fitting stainless-steel crowns, sealants, impressions, retraction cord, digital X-rays on DEXIS, intraoral scans — the range Florida allows a trained EFDA, used to the full. You run a meaningful part of the clinical visit, not just hand instruments across it.
Direct supervision, by design not by babysitting
Florida requires restorative expanded functions to be done under the dentist's direct supervision — she examines, authorizes, is on premises, and approves the work before the patient leaves. In our model that's a feature: she's already floating between dentist-ready rooms on flexible windows, so the supervision is built into the choreography, and you're trusted to do excellent work between her touch-points.
Paid for the leverage, with a stake
Above-market pay — the strongest of our auxiliary roles — a cash profit-share, and no production quota. Russian-speaking colleagues front and center, shift-based coverage, a founding seat, and first claim on helping open clinics two and three. You create outsized value here, and the comp is designed to say so.
A day in the life
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The dentist works down a row of prepped rooms. In one, she's just finished a prep and diagnosed the restoration — she authorizes it and moves to the next dentist-ready room while you step in to place and contour the filling.
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You finish the restorative work to her standard, check the bite and contacts, and flag the room for her final approval before the patient leaves — Florida's direct-supervision rule, running as smooth choreography rather than a bottleneck.
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Across the morning you also place sealants for kids, take impressions and intraoral scans, fit a stainless-steel crown, and expose DEXIS images — the full expanded set, wherever the queue needs it.
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During peak hours your leverage is the difference between a flowing queue and a stalled one: every restoration you finish is a room the dentist didn't have to stay in. Honest wait estimates stay honest because of you.
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Off-peak, you help lift the room: mentoring assistants toward their own expanded-functions training, dialing in materials and setups, and taking the unhurried cases — long restorative work, aligner scans, whitening.
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You're often the bilingual, steady presence a nervous patient needs — explaining what's happening in plain language, in English or Russian, while the dentist floats to where she's genuinely required.
Where it can go
Lead EFDA and clinical trainer
As the founding EFDA you help set restorative protocols, materials standards, and the training pipeline that moves our assistants toward their own expanded functions. You become the person who scales the skill that scales the studio.
Keep expanding your scope
We fund the continuing education that keeps your credential current and widens it — every expanded function Florida allows a trained EFDA is one we'll support you in mastering.
Clinical lead across the group
The plan is clinic one, then three. The EFDA who helped make the model work in the first studio is exactly who we want setting the clinical standard — and training the EFDAs — in the next ones, with the pay and stake of someone building the company.
Mentor the pipeline you came from
Much of our EFDA bench will be grown in-house from assistants we sponsored. Leading that pipeline — turning great assistants into great EFDAs — is a real path here, and it compounds as we grow.
Credentialed or on your way — we invest either way.
If you already hold Florida expanded-functions and restorative credentials, you'll do the most interesting version of this work here and be paid for the leverage you create. And if you're a strong, steady assistant who isn't an EFDA yet, we'll fund the board-approved courses and grow you into the role deliberately — because the whole studio is designed to run on this skill, so building it in the right people is one of the smartest investments we make. Character, steady hands, and judgment come first; the credential is something we help you earn and keep.
What you'll need
- To perform restorative expanded functions in Florida: completion of the board-approved expanded-functions/EFDA training required under Florida's remediable-tasks rules, worked under the dentist's direct supervision.
- Florida Dental Radiographer certification to expose X-rays (we sponsor it if you don't yet hold it).
- Current BLS/CPR certification.
- Strong four-handed and restorative-finishing skills, or a strong assistant foundation and the drive to certify. Legal eligibility to work in the U.S.
- Not yet an EFDA? Apply anyway — see the Dental Assistant role and our growth page for the funded path.
Nice to have
- Existing Florida expanded-functions and restorative certifications, and a Dental Radiographer certificate.
- Russian or Spanish — a real asset with our patient base.
- Experience placing and contouring composite and amalgam, and fitting stainless-steel crowns, to a high standard.
- Comfort with digital imaging and intraoral scanning workflows.
- A mentoring instinct — you'd enjoy training the next EFDAs.
Pay & philosophy
Above-market pay — the strongest of our auxiliary clinical roles, because the leverage is real — plus a cash profit-share in the studio and funded continuing education, with no production quota. You place restorations that keep the dentist free and keep the 31-minute visit possible; we pay for that leverage, not for volume. Exact ranges, benefits, and CE budget are set at hiring.
Questions, answered plainly
What expanded functions will I actually perform in Florida?
The restorative core: after the dentist preps a tooth, placing, packing and contouring composite and amalgam restorations and fitting and contouring stainless-steel crowns. Plus the broader set — sealants, impressions, retraction cord, digital X-rays, intraoral scans — all within what Florida allows a trained EFDA.
Is the restorative work supervised?
Yes — Florida requires restorative expanded functions under the dentist's direct supervision: she examines, authorizes, is on premises, and approves the work before the patient leaves. Our floating-dentist model makes that supervision smooth rather than a bottleneck; you're trusted to do excellent work between her touch-points.
I'm a strong assistant but not an EFDA yet. Can I still apply?
Absolutely. We fund the board-approved courses and grow the right assistants into the EFDA role deliberately — it's one of our smartest investments. Apply here or to the Dental Assistant role, and see our growth page for the exact steps.
Will you help me keep my credential current?
Yes. Continuing education, renewal, and expanding your scope are things we pay for — the skill is central to how the studio runs.
Is this a production-quota job?
No. There's no daily number and no per-procedure pay. You're paid above market for the leverage you create — restorations finished, rooms freed, visits kept short — plus a profit-share in how the studio does overall.
Where is the studio, and when does it open?
The Ponte Vedra–Nocatee corridor in southeast Jacksonville, opening September 2026; exact address announced at lease signing. Open 7am–7pm, seven days a week on team-based shifts. We're hiring the founding team now.