Brenda N Gonzalez

Provided chairside assistance during examinations, improving dentist efficiency and patient satisfaction. Prepared instruments and equipment for use in dental procedures, ensuring their availability when needed. Documented patient dental health information, medical history, and vital signs for future reference. Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies. Assisted dentists, hygienists, and other personnel by handing appropriate tools and supplies needed for procedures. Educated patients on proper oral hygiene techniques, promoting long-term dental health. Maintained clean and sterile work environment to prevent cross-contamination and infection. Scheduled appointments, prepared bills and received payment for dental services by completing insurance forms, verifying insurance information, and maintaining records. Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics. Scheduled and confirmed patient appointments.

• Measured and recorded vital statistics by taking patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.
• Monitored patient comfort and safety during dental procedures.

Daily duties included the following. Record patients' health histories, document current symptoms and pull up records from prior visits for dentist to view and evaluate. Take dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons. Measure and recorded vital statistics by taking patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse. Successfully assist dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties. Assist dentist, hygienists and other personnel by handing appropriate tools and supplies needed for procedures. Maintain dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies. Used Eaglesoft to document and maintain patient information and health background. Verify proper operation of dental equipment by completing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting malfunctions and calling for repairs. Explain treatment procedures and instruct patients on home care guidelines. Clean and sanitize dental tools and equipment, straighten treatment rooms to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices. Create dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges and other dental prosthetics. Educate patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control and postoperative instructions.

This was a very small 2hr daily part time job. I would usually pick up newspaper by 3:30 am and start delivering by 3:45am. I delivered to the Moxee area and two local stores there. Deliveries needed to be completed by 6am Mon-Sat and by 7am Sun. I usually would finish delivering 15min before the set time of deliveries to be completed. I had a reliable sub that would help me deliver incase of an emergency that would prevent me from completing my daily route.

I performed varied dental tasks including taking digital x-rays and mounting them correctly, prepared room with proper tools and equipment according to the procedure being done, coronal polishing to patients and instructing them on proper oral hygiene, placed sealants, charting on patients account, orthodontic pictures for insurance purposes, chair side assisting for restorative work as well as emergency extractions, instruct at home care with patient after procedure, took used tools and instruments to proper sterilization section for them to be sterilized. Worked mostly with children and occasionally with adults.

Completed my internship.