Jessica Rios
Longview,TX
Summary
Reliable & Bilingual Dental Assistant with 13+ years of experience efficiently handling administrative tasks and assisting chairside with dental procedures. Hands-on training in dental radiography, chairside assisting. Quick learner and successful in building relationships with coworkers and patients.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Dental Assistant
Smile Studio
05.2017 - Current
- Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.
- Supported dentists during procedures, assisting dental fillings, permanent, and temporary crowns and sealants.
- Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Scheduled appointments for new and existing customers, factoring in provider availability and scheduling loads.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
- Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
- Prepared rooms for patient treatment by cleaning and sterilizing tools and equipment and setting up x-ray machines.
- Assisted dentists by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids, adding water, and mixing materials for fillings, casts and impressions.
Dental Assistant
Alpha Dental
01.2012 - 01.2017
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Sanitized trays, instruments, and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for [Number] procedures daily.
- Oral sedation on children
- Children Phrophys
Lead Dental Assistant
Silvertooth Dental
Longview, TX
08.2023 - Current
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
Education
Kilgore College
Kilgore, TXHigh School Diploma -
Pine Tree High School
Longview, TX05.2010
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Lead Dental Assistant
Silvertooth Dental
08.2023 - Current
Lead Dental Assistant
Smile Studio
05.2017 - Current
Dental Assistant
Alpha Dental
01.2012 - 01.2017
Kilgore College
High School Diploma -
Pine Tree High School