Dental Assistant
Charlotte Dental Assistanting School
Charlotte, NC
11.2024 - Current
- Sterilized instruments according to established guidelines and protocols.
- Took bitewing, periapical, panoramic and occlusal X-rays and prepared for dentists to review.
- Provided support services such as stocking rooms with supplies, cleaning trays and changing linens between patients.
- Provided chair-side assistance during dental procedures, including passing instruments to the dentist and holding suction devices.
- Assisted in laboratory procedures such as mixing impression materials or pouring casts from impressions taken by dentists.
- Created and fit dental appliances for patients. adjusting as necessary.
- Exposed diagnostic dental x-rays to analyze teeth condition.
- Responded promptly to requests from other staff members or dentists while maintaining a professional demeanor.
- Followed dentists' directions for giving patients desensitizing agents to prepare for anesthetic administration.
