CAROLINE PARRENO
Queens,US
Summary
Skilled Dental Assistant with experience and training necessary to assist with various dental procedures. Hands-on training in dental radiography, chairside assisting and front office administrative duties. Quick learner and successful in building relationships with coworkers and patients.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Dental Assistant
Brooklyn Dental Professional
03.2023 - 06.2025
- Maintained a clean and sterile work environment to prevent cross-contamination and infection.
- Sanitized trays, instruments, and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
- Provided chairside assistance during examinations, improving dentist efficiency and patient satisfaction.
- Performed x-rays safely while adhering to radiation safety guidelines, ensuring high-quality diagnostic images for dentists'' evaluations.
- Prepared and arranged instruments, medications, and required materials for dental procedures.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- 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.
- Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.
- Educated patients on proper oral hygiene techniques, promoting long-term dental health.
- Assisted in emergency dental procedures, providing critical support in high-pressure situations.
- Assisted dentists during surgical procedures to ensure efficient patient care.
Dental Assistant
Golden Dental Care
07.2020 - 03.2023
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Sanitized trays, instruments, and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for the number of procedures daily.
- Staged tray for procedures by arranging dental instruments and equipment.
- Exposed, developed and mounted dental x-rays.
- Helped dentists restore teeth by applying permanent and temporary fillings and crowns.
- Prepared patient x-rays and images for dentist review.
- Documented patient dental health information, medical history, and vital signs for future reference.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Scheduled appointments for new and existing patients, factoring in provider availability and scheduling loads.
- Prepared and sterilized instruments and materials for use by dentists.
- Assisted dentists by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids, adding water, and mixing materials for fillings, casts and impressions.
- Monitored patient comfort and safety during dental procedures.
- Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.
- Took bitewing, periapical, panoramic and occlusal X-rays and prepared for dentists to review.
- Assisted in making impressions for crowns, bridges, dentures or other prostheses.
PHARMACY CLERK
Elmhurst Drug Center
03.2018 - 06.2020
- Stocked shelves, rotated stock and checked for expired medications.
- Communicated directly with doctors' offices via telephone, fax and email.
- Processed medical insurance claims, posting bill amounts and calculating copayments.
- Received and stored incoming supplies, verifying quantities against invoices.
- Assisted lead pharmacist with compounding and dispensing medications as prescribed by doctors.
- Prepared prescription labels by typing or operating computer and printers.
- Answered inquiries regarding prescription refills, insurance claims and product inventory.
- Checked prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions and allergies prior to dispensing.
- Prepared, maintained and recorded inventories, receipts, purchases and deliveries, using variety of computer screen formats
- Operated cash register to process cash and credit sales.
- Provided customers with information about uses, effects and interactions of drugs.
- Referred callers to pharmacist when necessary.
- Prepared prescription labels by typing and operating computer and printer.
- Compounded, packaged and labeled pharmaceutical products, under direction of pharmacist.
- Greeted customers and helped them locate merchandise.
- Received, store, and inventory pharmaceutical supplies and medications, check for out-of-date medications and notified pharmacist when inventory levels were low
- Restocked storage areas, replenishing items on shelves.
- Maintained and clean equipment, work areas, and shelves.
- Calculated anticipated drug usage for prescribed period.
- Accepted prescriptions for filling, gathering, and processing necessary information.
- Communicated with patients to collect information about prescriptions and medical conditions or arrange consultations with pharmacists.
Education
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Brooklyn academy high
Brooklyn, NY 09.2014 - 06.2019
COMPLETED -
Skills
- Taking X-Rays
- Dental Impressions
- Radiation Protection
- Sterilization Techniques
- Sanitation Protocols
- Disinfecting Rooms and Equipment
- Chair Side Assistance
- Patient Care Standards
- Safety and Sanitation
- Impression Taking
- Patient communication
- Timely scheduling
- Team collaboration
- Patient relations
Languages
2
Personal Information
Title:
Timeline
Dental Assistant
Brooklyn Dental Professional
03.2023 - 06.2025
Dental Assistant
Golden Dental Care
07.2020 - 03.2023
PHARMACY CLERK
Elmhurst Drug Center
03.2018 - 06.2020
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Brooklyn academy high
09.2014 - 06.2019