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CAROLINE PARRENO

Queens,NY

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

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

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 Number 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 customers, 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, Type, casts and impressions.
  • Monitored patient comfort and safety during dental procedures.
  • Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.

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

COMPLETED -

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -

Brooklyn academy high
Brooklyn, NY
06.2018

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

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Dental Assistant

Golden Dental Care
07.2020 - 03.2023

PHARMACY CLERK

Elmhurst Drug Center
03.2018 - 06.2020

COMPLETED -

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -

Brooklyn academy high

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