Anna Makinen

Dental assistant for the Emergency Clinic of Oral diseases, in the Public Health System.

• Assisted dentists with complex procedures, providing critical support ensuring optimal patient care and treatment outcomes.
• Prepared and arranged instruments, medications, and required materials for dental procedures, ensuring their availability when needed.
• Managed inventory of dental supplies, reducing waste and optimizing resource allocation.

Evening/weekend on call Dental Assistant

• Answer incoming emergency calls.
  Schedule appointments according to the level of emergency. Advise and instructed patients on home care.
• Assisted in emergency dental procedures, providing critical support in high-pressure situations.
• Prepared and sterilized instruments and materials for use by dentists.

• Provided chairside assistance during examinations, improving dentist efficiency and patient satisfaction.
• Supported dentists during oral surgeries by preparing surgical rooms with necessary tools and sterilized instruments.
• Created dental impressions used for diagnostics to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
• Assisted dentist during the Invisaling procedures
• Performed x-rays safely while adhering to radiation safety guidelines, ensuring high-quality diagnostic images for dentists'' evaluations.
• Handled administrative tasks such as billing, and appointment cancellation calls to support office operations efficiently.
• Entered patient data into computer system, adhering to strict privacy laws and maintaining high level of accuracy.
• Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.

Substitute Dental Assistant

• Provided chairside assistance during examinations, improving dentist efficiency and patient satisfaction.
• Prepared and arranged instruments, medications, and required materials for dental procedures.
• Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for daily procedures.

Practical nurse for mental and physically disabled patients with special care needs.

• Administered medications accurately according to physician orders.
• Managed complex medical conditions through diligent monitoring and collaboration with other healthcare professionals on the team.
• Strengthened family relationships with ongoing communication about patient progress and proactive involvement in decision-making processes.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.

Part-time Dental Assistant

• Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
• Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.