Dr. Chelsea Covington

• Educated patients and families about dental issues and proper oral care to prevent dental decay and disease.
• Conducted thorough patient examinations while screening for jaw and tongue cancers by inspecting teeth and soft oral tissues.
• Conducted comprehensive care to patients and performed treatment in the disciplines of need including: restorative, periodontics, prosthodontics, pedodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, and oral diagnosis.

Help the Dental Admissions Office, through interviewing, to efficiently identify and recruit a quality candidate pool that will be the basis for the upcoming Dental Class

Clinical Experience

• Treated, supported and cared for 4-6 patients per day on average by efficiently focusing on individual patients.
• Advanced training in restorative, oral surgery, endodontics, fixed and removable prosthodontics, periodontics, oral pathology, treatment planning, and special needs dentistry.
• Perform surgical procedures including, implant placement, osseous crown lengthening, surgical extractions, periodontal flap surgery.

Leadership

• Patient Care Conference: Responsible for six patient care cases treatment planned and presented to group of attending general dentists and specialists. provided with multidisciplinary feedback.
• Operating Room: Responsible for leading and assisting bimonthly operating room cases for patients with varying degrees of special needs for comprehensive dental treatment under general anesthesia including scaling and root planing, restorations, and extractions.
• Primary Call: Responsible for one week per month to be available as first to manage emergencies presented to Emergency Department of inpatient floor consultations.

Advanced Didactic Courses

• Oral Pathology
• Occlusion
• Perio-Restorative
• Complete Dentures

Medical/Dental Management

• Simulation lab: Practice and tested on simple medical procedures, such as IV starts, blood draws, intubation, and skin suturing
• Manage special needs patients in dental setting
• Internal Medicine, Emergency Department, Anesthesia, Pathology Rotations

• Managed patient family of 25-35 patients.
• Performed all disciplines of need including: restorative, periodontics, prosthodontics, pedodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, and oral diagnosis.
• Performed restorative procedures including amalgam and composite restorations, core buildups and crowns.
• Extracted over 80 teeth, including simple and limited surgical extractions.
• Fabricated and delivered 6 arches of removable prosthodontics, both complete dentures and partial dentures.
• Performed exams and provided treatment for pediatric patients ranging in age from 4-14 years.
• Spent weeks treating patients on community rotations including Titans for Teeth Mobile Bus, Wayne County Community Clinic, and Dental Clinics North that are located within underserved areas throughout Michigan.

• Assist dental hygienist and doctor with X-rays and dental procedures.
• Attend dental seminars to enhance interpersonal and management skills.
• Perform a variety of reception, secretarial, insurance, and data entry duties, including answering telephones, handling patient finance, maintaining patient records, handling patient grievances, and coordinating the overall flow of the practice.