Kara McEntee
Apple Valley,CA
Summary
Skilled Registered Dental Assistant with 5 years of experience specializing in oral hygiene, dental surgical procedures, communication, and infection prevention. A strong history of educating patients on the best practices to prolong long-term oral health and helping patients keep calm during procedures.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
RDA
Whiting Family Dental
Apple Valley, CA (On-Site)
06.2018 - Current
- 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.
- Supported dentists during procedures, assisting dental fillings, permanent, and temporary crowns and sealants.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Prepared rooms for patient treatment by cleaning and sterilizing tools and equipment and setting up x-ray machines.
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
- Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Educated patients on postoperative care and best practices for protecting dental work and boosting healing process.
- Documented patient dental health information, medical history, and vital signs for future reference.
- Prepared comprehensive radiological images, allowing supervisory dental staff to spot cavities, tooth decay, and areas needing treatment.
- Used [Software] to document and maintain patient information and health background.
- Scheduled appointments for new and existing customers, factoring in provider availability and scheduling loads.
- Assisted dentists by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids, adding water, and mixing materials for fillings, [Type], casts and impressions.
- Staged tray for procedures by arranging dental instruments and equipment.
- Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
- Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Typed patient data into computer system using [Software] while following privacy laws and maintaining high-level accuracy.
- Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for [Number] procedures daily.
- Prepared patient x-rays and images for dentist review.
- Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms, and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate.
- Measured and recorded vital statistics by taking patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.
- Assuring staff participates in continued education.
Education
RDA - Registered Dental Assisting
Mojave Adult School
Hesperia, CA06.2018
Skills
- Oral Care
- Patient Care/ Education
- X-Rays
- Pits and Fissure sealants
- Intra-oral Techniques
- Restorative Dentistry
- Post-Operative Procedures
- CPR
Timeline
RDA
Whiting Family Dental
06.2018 - Current
RDA - Registered Dental Assisting
Mojave Adult School