Highly motivated and dedicated Expanded Functions Dental Assistant with over 40 years of combined education/professional experience. Passionate about dental health with a wide knowledge of advanced restorative dentistry. Extraordinary patient care and patient management. Superb organizational and chairside manner talents. Extensive lab and technical experience.
Served as EFDA for Verber Dental Group and transitioned into lab support for advanced occlusal/esthetic/dental cases. Focus of last two years has been on full mouth implant reconstruction cases. This entailed chairside pickup, design, fabrication and delivery of immediate load appliances. Digitally designed and was instrumental in milling and printing of transitional and final appliances with 3 shape digital design systems.
Prior to advanced lab services position, served as EFDA for doctors performing more basic and intermediate care for patients.
EFDA for single doctor practice. Duties encompassed those necessary to support general dentistry. This provider also performed limited specialty services in fields of endodontics, prosthodontics, periodontics, and oral surgery. Was instrumental in keeping much of the prosthetic services, i.e. denture services in house, to provide more customized prosthetics for patients. This provider also specialized in some larger esthetic cases, in which I was actively involved to bring them to fruition. Also monitored and maintained product inventory for practice.
EFDA for 3-5 doctor practice. Maintained front and back office as manager for 15 person staff. Served as lead EFDA for practice owner. Duties entailed those necessary to support general dentist who had advanced experience in oral surgery, conscious sedation, endodontics, and limited orthodontics.
Also served as front office manager, overseeing accounts receivable, insurance submission, and other clerical duties.
Patient management/ Four-handed dentistry/ Digital radiography/ Infection control/ Reprocessing of treatment rooms and dental instruments/ Direct composite restoration placement, finishing, and polishing/ Amalgam placement, finishing and polishing/ Provisional crown and bridge fabrication for advanced restorative cases/ Cord retraction/ Lab support and digital design of occlusal and temporary appliances/ Support, treatment planning and implementation of reconstructive, implant and esthetic cases/ Digital design and fabrication of provisional, prototype, and final full mouth reconstruction appliances
Pennsylvania State Expanded Functions Dental Assistant License
Pennsylvania Dental Radiology License
CPR/BLS certification
Certified Dental Assistant