JENNIFER LOPEZ
Killeen
Summary
Dental professional with wealth of experience in patient care and clinic operations including specialty clinics such as Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics and Oral Surgery. Known for reliability, adaptability, and strong focus on teamwork and achieving clinical excellence. Proficient in dental assisting techniques, patient education, and inventory management.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LEAD DENTAL ASSISTANT
Veterans Administration
Austin, TX
09.2025 - Current
- Performs administrative and coordination duties to support Dental Service leadership and the Supervisory Dental Assistant. Serve as a liaison between staff and management, ensuring clear communication, coverage, and documentation. Tracks attendance, assists with training schedules, maintains leave calendars, and supports data entry for reports or audits. Performs advanced chairside assisting duties in all phases of general and specialty dental care, including restorative, prosthodontic, endodontic, surgical and implant procedures. Oversee daily clinical operations to ensure efficient patient flow and assist in training and guiding other dental assistants. Maintain strict compliance with infection-control and safety standards while supporting the provider with four-handed dentistry techniques, digital scanning and Cerec workflows.
- Series: 0681 - Grade: GS 7
- Hours per week: 40
CDA
Veterans Administration
Temple, TX
04.2020 - 09.2025
- All aspects of 4 handed chairside dental assisting including maintenance of equipment. Independent EFDA skills with a higher level and scope of general assisting. Ability to perform comfortably with indirect supervision. Assisting with specialty clinics such as Oral Surgery, Endodontics, Periodontics and Prosthodontics. Possession of scheduling keys with the ability to schedule/reschedule patients
- Series: 0681 - Grade: GS6
- Hours per week: 40
RDA
Veterans Administration
Vancouver, WA
09.2018 - 04.2020
- 4 handed chairside dental assisting including independent expanded functions. Independent EFDA skills include taking and pouring up impressions, fabricating custom trays, provisional restorations, packing cord, exposing traditional and digital radiographs including pano and ceph, and CBCT images. Charting treatment plans and recording vital signs, packing dry socket, removing sutures, giving POI and OHI. Maintaining patient privacy as set forth by HIPAA regulations, using proper infection control measures as set by state and federal guidelines. Assist in specialty clinics such as Periodontics, Oral surgery, Endo and Prosthodontics.
- Series: 0681 - Grade: GS6
- Hours per week: 40
RDA
Kaiser Permanente
Vancouver, WA
01.2009 - 01.2017
- Duties included all aspects of 4 handed dentistry such as, placing rubber dam, matrix bands, fluoride treatments. Maintaining of office equipment. Ordering of supplies, maintaining crash cart/emergency procedural policies and assisting with Oral surgeon, Denturist, Endodontist, Orthodontist and Pediatric Dentist with hospital cases.
- Hours per week: 40
LEAD RDA
Fujioka Family Dentistry
Vancouver, WA
09.2003 - 01.2009
- Duties included training of all new hire assistants, maintaining MSDS sheets, minor repairs of handpieces and equipment as well as all aspects of 4 handed dentistry as allowed within state regulations.
- Hours per week: 40
Education
Technical or occupational certificate - Dental Assisting Program
Eton Technical Institution
Everett, WA08-1990
Skills
- Patient education
- Dental radiography
- Impression taking expertise
- Infection control proficiency
- Patient management
Certification
- Certified Dental Assistant
- CPR/BLS Training - (QUARTERLY)
Language skills
English Spoken: Advanced | Written: Advanced | Read: Advanced
Timeline
LEAD DENTAL ASSISTANT
Veterans Administration
09.2025 - Current
CDA
Veterans Administration
04.2020 - 09.2025
RDA
Veterans Administration
09.2018 - 04.2020
RDA
Kaiser Permanente
01.2009 - 01.2017
LEAD RDA
Fujioka Family Dentistry
09.2003 - 01.2009
Technical or occupational certificate - Dental Assisting Program
Eton Technical Institution