Alyssa Oja
Astoria,OR
Summary
Personable Dental Assistant with 14years of experience in thriving dental office settings. Well versed in assisting with restorative dentistry and oral surgery. Highly skilled in dental radiography, preparing impressions, implant surgery and 4-hand procedure chairside assistance and front desk duties.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Assistant
Advantage Dental From DentaQuest
01.2022 - Current
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Maintained a clean and sterile work environment to prevent cross-contamination and infection.
- Sanitized trays, instruments, and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
- Provided chairside assistance during examinations, improving dentist efficiency and patient care.
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
- Assisted dentists with complex procedures, ensuring optimal patient care and treatment outcomes.
- Documented patient dental health information, medical history, and vital signs for future reference.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Prepared patient x-rays and images for dentist review.
- Handled administrative tasks such as billing, insurance claims processing, and appointment confirmation calls to support office operations efficiently.
- Scheduled and confirmed patient appointments.
- Verified patient insurance eligibility and benefits.
Dental Assistant
Scott Santos
07.2015 - 08.2021
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures and oral surgery.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges and other dental prosthetics.
- Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Took dental images following strict patient protection rules by mentioning risks during pregnancy and applying lead aprons.
- Documented patient dental health information, medical history and vital signs for future reference using Eaglesoft
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
Dental Assistant
Astoria Family Dentistry, Lance Heppler
01.2011 - 06.2015
- Prepared patient X-rays and images for review by dentist.
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
- Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate using Eaglesoft
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges and other dental prosthetics.
- Coronal polishing and applied fluoride varnish
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures and oral surgery.
Education
Dental Assisting
Tongue Point Job Corp Center
Astoria, OR04.2010
High School Diploma -
Knappa High School
Astoria, OR06.2008
Skills
- Cleaning and Sanitizing
- Advising and Educating Patients
- Supply Ordering
- Postoperative Care Instructions
- Inventory Management
- Preliminary Impressions
- Relationship Building
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Dental Radiography
- Treatment Planning
- Detail-Oriented
- Insurance verification
- Confirming patient appointments
Certification
Radiology
EFDA
Timeline
Dental Assistant
Advantage Dental From DentaQuest
01.2022 - Current
Dental Assistant
Scott Santos
07.2015 - 08.2021
Dental Assistant
Astoria Family Dentistry, Lance Heppler
01.2011 - 06.2015
Dental Assisting
Tongue Point Job Corp Center
High School Diploma -
Knappa High School
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