Bonnie Nelson
Littleton,CO
Summary
Experienced dental professional with 12 years of experience in a full-service dental laboratory, specializing in model tech and Waxing tech for crown and bridge procedures. Seeking a dental laboratory opportunity to continue skill growth and learn new trades in line with technological advancements. Knowledgeable in anatomy and functional design, with the ability to adapt to emerging fabrication developments. Also, have 2 years of experience as a Dental Assistant, focusing on TMJ deterioration. Prior to assistant training, worked as a sterile tech, performing various responsibilities such as answering phones, greeting patients, taking x-rays and impressions, making custom trays, pouring and mounting models, and sterilizing instruments and operatories.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Dental Laboratory Technician
Peebles Prosthetics
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Diagnostic wax ups, full ceramic crowns, gold crowns and bridges
- Full mouth wax up rebuilds level4 reconstruction
- Prep existing teeth if needed
- Duplicate tissue modeling
- Wax all teeth in full bio-esthetic functional anatomy
- Waxed full contour crowns and trimmed margins
- Invested/devested
Dental Laboratory Technician
Bio-Matrix Dental Lab
01.2015 - 01.2019
- Diagnostic wax ups, full ceramic crowns, gold crowns and bridges
- Full mouth wax up rebuilds level4 reconstruction
- Prep existing teeth if needed
- Duplicate tissue modeling
- Wax all teeth in full bio-esthetic functional anatomy
- Waxed full contour crowns and trimmed margins
- Sand blasted
- Invested
- Progressively promoted from Model Technician to Model Department Manager to Waxing Technician
- Responsibilities included: recording and filing all incoming cases, disinfecting, labeling, trimming, pouring, pinning, cutting out dyes, and mounting all cases
- Performed multiple auxiliary tasks: answered all phones, scheduled client appointments, and filled purchase orders for lab supplies and materials
- Hired, trained, and managed an Assistant Model Technician
Dental Laboratory Technician
Auraria Dental Ceramics
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Responsibilities included: recording and filing all incoming cases, disinfecting, labeling, trimming, pouring, pinning, cutting out dyes, and mounting all cases
- Performed multiple auxiliary tasks: answered all phones, scheduled client appointments, and filled purchase orders for lab supplies and materials
- Hired, trained, and managed an Assistant Model Technician
Dental Assistant
Apexx Dental Care
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Sterilize all operatories and instruments
- Assist the doctor chair-side during all procedures:
- Routine extractions and surgical extractions
- Prep crowns and bridges
- Keep updated inventory at all times
- Answer phones, schedule and greet patients
- Taking x-rays
- Time management under urgent and stressful situations
Skills
- Wax-up techniques
- Crown and bridge production
- Impression taking expertise
- Full denture construction
- Quality control standards
- Vacuum forming techniques
- Infection control procedures
- Model and die work
- Night guard production
- Articulator usage proficiency
- Dental implants
- Diagnostic wax-ups
- Implant-supported restorations
- Anatomical wax carving
- Post and core fabrication
- Soft tissue simulation
- Tooth morphology knowledge
- Customer service
- Impressions
- Finishing tools
- Patient confidentiality
- Restoration fabrication
- Denture realignment
- Ceramics work
- Dental anatomy and occlusion
- Dental terminology
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving abilities
- Multitasking
- Reliability
- Multitasking Abilities
- Excellent communication
- Organizational skills
- Team collaboration
- Active listening
- Effective communication
- Patient communication
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Decision-making
- Relationship building
- Precision measuring
- Hand-eye coordination
- Self motivation
- Analytical thinking
Timeline
Dental Laboratory Technician
Peebles Prosthetics
01.2021 - 01.2022
Dental Laboratory Technician
Bio-Matrix Dental Lab
01.2015 - 01.2019
Dental Laboratory Technician
Auraria Dental Ceramics
01.2010 - 01.2014
Dental Assistant
Apexx Dental Care
01.2005 - 01.2007
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