Adriana Mendoza, RDA
Bakersfield,California
Summary
Hardworking and passionate with strong organizational skills eager and ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Dental Assisting Instructor
High Desert Medical College
10.2019 - Current
- Curriculum updating
- Virtual teaching through Canvas Platform
- Quickly learn new skills and apply them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Assign and grade all homework
- Hands on skills teaching
- Help all students with additional tutoring when needed
- Monitor student growth and learning through hands-on activities and exams.
- Supervise student training in dental offices and classroom settings.
- Inventory lab and classroom tools and supplies and ordered more.
- Answer student questions such as ''Why to we need to this'' to promote learning.
- Plan demonstrations for students to expand upon lecture topics.
- Enhance learning outcomes by incorporating dental instrument tray set ups and Identification of materials into curriculum.
- Update and distribute course Syllabus and communicated course standards and learning objectives to students.
- Conduct clinical simulations and provided feedback for each individual student.
- Collaborate with Dental Assisting instructors to implement best practices to enhance student learning.
- Update instructional materials, ordered equipment and supplies and utilized various learning modalities to enhance instruction.
- Provide immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group.
- Instruct students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
- Evaluate students' competencies through written assignments and examinations.
- Deliver individualized instruction on observation, assessment, decision-making and patient health teaching.
- Perform ACCET (Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training) visits to other schools as a curriculum specialist member for on-site examinations.
Register Dental Assistant/ Bilingual Treatment Coordinator
Thurman Orthodontics
03.2016 - 08.2019
- Bilingual Treatment Coordinator English/Spanish
- Answered phones and transferred calls
- Greeted and seated patients
- Verified Insurance
- Presented and Sold recommended Treatment to patients
- Processed Credit card and Cash Payments
- Presented Virtual exams
- Sold Invisalign treatments to patients
- Presented Financial options and breakdowns with and without insurance
- Signed Financial Contracts on sold treatments
- Presented Growth Guidance consultations
- Chairside Assistant
- Bonded braces Brackets and Changed Wires
- Took X-rays and final records
Traveling Registered Dental Assistant
Big Smiles Dental Program
08.2013 - 02.2016
- Educated patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control and postoperative instructions.
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry in children who we visited in school site settings
- Sanitized trays, instruments and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
- Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.
- Prepared comprehensive radiological images, allowing supervisory dental staff to spot cavities, tooth decay and areas needing treatment.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
Dental Assistant/ Bilingual Treatment Coordinator
Crown Dental
07.2008 - 08.2013
- Scheduled, rescheduled and cancelled appointments for dental patients.
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- 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.
- Adhered to strict HIPAA guidelines to protect patient privacy.
- Understood dental terminology and insurance breakdowns to communicate with external stakeholders.
- Completed patient referrals to other medical specialists.
- Performed x-rays safely while adhering to radiation safety guidelines, ensuring high-quality diagnostic images for dentists'' evaluations.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Assisted dentists with complex procedures, ensuring optimal patient care and treatment outcomes.
- 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.
- Educated patients on proper oral hygiene techniques, promoting long-term dental health.
- Increased patient retention by building rapport through excellent communication skills and a friendly demeanor.
- Reduced appointment cancellations by implementing reminder calls and text messaging services, resulting in improved scheduling efficiency.
Dental Assistant
Dedicated Dental Bakersfield CA
03.2007 - 06.2008
- Assisted dentist at chair side
- Presented and sold treatments to patients
- Tray set ups, sterilized instruments
- Made temporary crowns
- Took x-rays
- Translated to patients for doctors
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
Skills
- Strong knowledge in Dental terminology
- Chairside Assisting Skills
- Excellent communicating skills
- Strong Clinical Dental hands on skills in general dentistry and specialties like Orthodontics, endodontics and Pediatrics
- Knowledge of dental software
- Treatment plan presentations during and after consultation skills
- Develop and recommend ideas for student learning improvement and retention
- Leadership Development ongoing training
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Attention to Detail
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Easily adaptable to changes and challenges
- Reliable and Honest
- Bilingual English/Spanish
- Front and Back dental office knowledge
- Strong Communication Skills
- Public Speaking
- Class Instruction
- Understanding of learning styles
- Accredited specialist for ACCET
Certification
Educational Methodology
Registered Dental Assistant License
CPR certified
Pit and Fissure Sealant Certified
Certified Dental Assistant Radiology
High School Diploma
References
References upon request.
Timeline
Registered Dental Assisting Instructor
High Desert Medical College
10.2019 - Current
Register Dental Assistant/ Bilingual Treatment Coordinator
Thurman Orthodontics
03.2016 - 08.2019
Traveling Registered Dental Assistant
Big Smiles Dental Program
08.2013 - 02.2016
Dental Assistant/ Bilingual Treatment Coordinator
Crown Dental
07.2008 - 08.2013
Dental Assistant
Dedicated Dental Bakersfield CA
03.2007 - 06.2008
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