Detail-oriented individual with exceptional communication and project management skills. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently in fast-paced environments. Recognized for taking proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with focus on optimizing processes and supporting team objectives.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Dental Assistant
Lumina Healthcare
Stockton, CA
09.2020 - 12.2025
Working with patients in skilled nursing facilities, and providing dental care to residents of post-acute rehab settings, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and long term acute care hospitals.
Drive to and from healthcare facilities in company vehicle
Load equipment, supplies, lab cases and charts into vehicle and transport to and from facilities
Verify all equipment instruments, and supplies are accounted for before exiting facility.
Assisted in training new dental assistants on office procedures.
Managed schedule of 35+ patients per day.
Verify patient identification prior to treatment
Documented dental care services with careful charting in patient records.
Updated patient records to keep all information current.
Complied with infection-control policies and protocols to protect patient and employee well-being
Set up schedules to coordinate smooth patient flow.
Set up instruments, materials, and equipment necessary for each procedure.
Prepared and administered anesthetic for dental procedures.
Exposed dental diagnostic x-rays for dentist review.
Records Technician
Wheeler's Orthodontics
Stockton, CA
04.2019 - 01.2020
Educated patients on techniques to optimize oral hygiene, control plaque, protect teeth and gums, and how to care for their retainers and braces.
Taking diagnostic cast impressions, used to make retainers and tru-tains.
Patient and treatment information recorded using Dolphin and Align software. Records for study/final models taken with pano and ceph. Accurately scanning patients using an iTero for Invisalign.
Placing, ligating or removing arch wires, curing, power chain, placing elastics or separators and changing ties.
Pouring and trimming models.
Supported new and older patient's during the start of treatment, through adjustments, and debands.
Assisted in outgoing lab cases/ lab slips.
Registered Dental Assistant
Western Dental & Orthodontics
Lodi, CA
10.2017 - 06.2019
Prepare treatment rooms, instruments, and tray setups for dental procedures.
Sterilize and disinfect instruments and equipment following OSHA guidelines.
Perform coronal polish, sealants, apply fluoride, and cement SS temporary crowns, bleaching teeth.
Mixing all dental materials/taking impressions.
Chair side assisting in cleanings, extractions, fillings, crown prep/ delivery, dentures, relines.
Assisted in outgoing lab cases/ lab slips.
Instructed patients on postoperative care to protect dental work and promote healing.
Produced opposing models, study casts and impressions to provide dentists with information on relationship between teeth, gums and dental arches.