Carline Vertus
Miami,FL
Summary
Certified dental assistant seeking to apply excellent patient care skills, and strong administrative skills to an established dental practice. Committed to working as a positive team member to achieve success. Ready to bring hard working and determination to this company.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Dental Assistant
American Dental Center
09.2023 - Current
- Assisted in patient intake and management, ensuring efficient workflow within dental office.
- Prepared treatment rooms with necessary instruments and materials for various procedures.
- Educated patients on oral hygiene practices and post-treatment care protocols.
- Maintained accurate patient records using dental software systems to ensure compliance.
- 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.
- Provided chairside assistance during examinations, improving dentist efficiency and patient satisfaction.
- Performed x-rays (FMX) safely while adhering to radiation safety guidelines, ensuring high-quality diagnostic images for dentists'' evaluations.
- Assisting the doctor during fillings, crowns, root canals, extractions, implants
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Documented patient dental health information, medical history, and vital signs for future reference.
- 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.
- Prepared patient x-rays and images for dentist review.
- packed crown for crown prep and make temporary crowns.
- Supported dentists during the administration of local anesthesia, ensuring patient comfort throughout the process.
- use scanner such as Itero and 3D shape in taking impression for permanent crown, sure smile invisalign trays, and dentures and partials
- familiar with open dental software and dentrix
- Knows how to take panoramic and ct scan on patients.
- remove suture during post op follow up
- polish teeth after restorative procedure
Dental Assistant
Gonzalez Dental Care
09.2020 - 09.2023
- Performed general chair-side duties to assist with various procedures, including general, endo and oral surgery.
- Educated patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control and postoperative instructions.
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Supported dentists during procedures to restore teeth, like dental fillings, permanent and temporary crowns, extractions,root canal, suture removal, recementing temp crowns and permanent,
- Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
- Prepared and arranged instruments, medications and required materials, including cement, composites and impression materials.
- Sanitized trays, instruments and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
- Used dentrix to document and maintain patient information and health background.
- Prepared bitewing, panoramic and periapical radiological images, allowing dentist to spot cavities, decay and problem areas needing treatment.
- Staged tray for procedures by arranging dental instruments and equipment.
- Assisted dentists, hygienists and other personnel by handing appropriate tools and supplies needed for procedures.
Cashier
Delaware North
03.2019 - 03.2020
- Accepted customer payments, and made change when necessary.
- Answered customers' questions on purchases, store policies, and store returns.
- Encouraged customers to register for store rewards cards and promotions.
- Greeted an average of number of guests.
- Guided customer disputes toward positive resolution with listening and diplomacy skills.
- Interacted in a pleasant and friendly way with store guests.
- Maintained records of purchases and other sales transactions such as returns and refunds.
- Verified customers' ages for legal compliance with products such as alcohol and tobacco.
- Counted the cash in the register at the start and end of each shift.
Guest Service Representative
Kimpton EPIC Hotel
10.2016 - 03.2018
- Accurately completed cash register transactions.
- Adhered to all store retail procedures and policies.
- Maintained records of sales.
- Received and processed cash and credit payments.
- Served multiple customers simultaneously in a stressful environment.
- Acknowledged customer issues and resolved their problems quickly and efficiently.
- Greeted customers and offered them assistance where possible.
- Collecting parking fee.
Education
Dentistry
Concord Career College
Miramar, FL8 2020
High School Diploma -
North Miami Senior High School
North Miami, FL5 2011
Skills
- Multitasking abilities
- Patient charting
- Patient records management
- Setting up and cleaning exam rooms
- Infection control and sanitation procedures
- Dentrix proficiency
- Detail oriented
- Teamwork
- Cash register
- Credit
- Detail oriented
- Listening
- Multitasking
- Policies
- Retail
- Sales
- Teamwork
- Dental radiography
- Dental staff assistance
- Equipment sterilization
- Customer service
Timeline
Dental Assistant
American Dental Center
09.2023 - Current
Dental Assistant
Gonzalez Dental Care
09.2020 - 09.2023
Cashier
Delaware North
03.2019 - 03.2020
Guest Service Representative
Kimpton EPIC Hotel
10.2016 - 03.2018
High School Diploma -
North Miami Senior High School
Dentistry
Concord Career College