Amy Harp
Bellingham,WA
Summary
Dedicated and reliable dental assistant looking for an environment which encourages success and growth professionally. Has backgrounds with assisting and front office duties, can maintain a sense of humor under pressure, remains calm and collected with the most difficult patient to increase patient satisfaction. Works well independently and within a team, looking utilize skills and knowledge appropriately.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Assistant
Urban Dental Group
Seattle , Washington
10.2024 - Current
Customer Service Associate
Home Decor Superstore
Bellingham, WA
11.2021 - 10.2024
- Worked with loss prevention in monitoring shopper behavior
- Provided friendly service and assistance to clients promote customer loyalty, satisfaction and sales
- Stocked merchandise, clearly labeling items and arranging according to size or color
- Checked pricing, scanned items, applied discounts and printed receipts to ring up customers.
Dental Assistant
Borderview Dental
Blaine, Washington
08.2022 - 09.2024
Dental Assistant
Paul Bergman DDS
Burlington, WA
03.2021 - 06.2022
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures and oral surgery
- Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for up to 20 procedures daily
- Sanitized trays, instruments and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety
- Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate.
Dental Assistant
Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Bellingham, WA
08.2020 - 01.2021
- Gathered and set up equipment, tools and supplies and arranged instruments according to instruction
- Handled numerous sanitization tasks for surgical sites by cleaning and sterilizing, maintaining supply inventories and organizing items effectively
- Set up surgical rooms with needed materials such as bonding agents, supplied bone grafting and collagen membrane materials and assisted in procedures
- Prepared proper monitors for sedation and equipment for extractions, biopsies and implants
- Performed CT scans and pano in compliance with safety regulations.
Dental Assistant/ Front Office
Bellingham Prosthodontics
Bellingham, WA
07.2019 - 07.2020
- Scheduled, rescheduled and handled canceled appointments by using Eaglesoft
- Recorded health histories documented current symptoms and pulled up records from prior visits
- Received, recorded and filed payments by check, cash or credit card
- Reviewed chart notes and entered data as they went paperless
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges and other dental prosthetics.
Dental Assistant/ Front Office
Edwin R. Thorp
Bellingham, WA
05.2017 - 07.2019
- Prepared rooms for patient treatment by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and equipment, between patients up to 20 procedures daily
- Processed dental x-rays using traditional and digital methods
- Performed general chair-side duties to assist with various procedures, including general, prosthodontics and oral surgery
- Maintained patient waiting list with best days and times for patients so there wasn't any scheduling gaps
Dental Assistant
Implants and Family Dentistry
Bellingham, WA
09.2016 - 03.2017
- Soothed anxious patients by effectively listening and demonstrating concern for individual fears
- Took part in surgical procedures by assisting the oral surgeon in any way needed
- Getting supplies, charting medication doses and times, taking pictures
- Entered patient data using Dentrix and observed all confidentiality rules to maintain patient privacy laws
- Assisted dentist in permanent and temporary restorative procedures including applying dental fillings, placing temporary crowns, seating permanent crowns, root canals and placing implants
Education
Associate Of Applied Science - Dental Assisting
Bellingham Technical College
06.2016
Skills
- Oral surgery
- Dental radiography
- Equipment sterilization
- Full Mouth Radiographs
- Patient relations
- Patient intake procedures
- Infection control proficiency
Accomplishments
Employee of the Quarter 2/2022
Certification
Certified Dental Assistant
Timeline
Dental Assistant
Urban Dental Group
10.2024 - Current
Dental Assistant
Borderview Dental
08.2022 - 09.2024
Customer Service Associate
Home Decor Superstore
11.2021 - 10.2024
Dental Assistant
Paul Bergman DDS
03.2021 - 06.2022
Dental Assistant
Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
08.2020 - 01.2021
Dental Assistant/ Front Office
Bellingham Prosthodontics
07.2019 - 07.2020
Dental Assistant/ Front Office
Edwin R. Thorp
05.2017 - 07.2019
Dental Assistant
Implants and Family Dentistry
09.2016 - 03.2017
Associate Of Applied Science - Dental Assisting
Bellingham Technical College