Karyme Reyes
Las Vegas,Nevada
Summary
Experienced Dental Assistant/Administrative Assistant 3years experience with a strong background in all aspects of dental treatment. Skilled in supporting administrative tasks such as charting, records management, and appointment scheduling. Provide valuable assistance to dentists and proficient at closely monitoring patients during procedures to promptly address any pain or discomfort concerns.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Administrative Assistant 1
CSN Dental Faculty Practice/Dental Hygiene Clinic
Las Vegas, NV
01.2025 - Current
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Maintained confidentiality of sensitive information by adhering to strict privacy policies and implementing secure filing systems.
- Delivered excellent customer service through prompt responses to client inquiries, addressing concerns effectively, and building strong relationships.
- Ensured accurate record-keeping with diligent data entry and database management for vital company information.
- Verified insurance coverage for patients.
- Facilitated approval of treatment plans through pre-authorization.
- Assisted in coordinating patient appointments for dental hygiene students.
- Organized charts for dental hygiene students.
- Upheld high standards of professionalism and organization in dealings with hygiene students.
- Collaborated with insurance representatives to ensure accurate information exchange.
- Promoted a positive work environment through effective communication skills and fostering professional relationships among colleagues.
DENTAL ASSISTANT
CSN Dental Assisting School
Las Vegas, NEVADA
08.2022 - 01.2025
- Assisted dentists while providing treatment to patients, including taking x-rays and impressions, setting up trays for dental procedures, and sterilizing instruments
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals within the community when needed for referrals or consultations
- Operated digital imaging equipment to capture images for diagnosis purposes
- Ensured the safety of patients by adhering to infection control protocols in accordance with OSHA standards
- Took preliminary impressions of patient teeth to prepare for custom impressions and fabrication of permanent dental work.
- Maintained a neat, clean and organized environment throughout the office..
- Instructed patients about postoperative instructions prescribed by their dentist.
- Exposed dental diagnostic x-rays.
- Kept accurate records of dental treatments provided for each patient's visit.
- Prepared dental materials such as amalgam, composite resin, impression material and cements for use by the dentist.
- Performed administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, answering telephones and updating patient records.
- Took bitewing, periapical, panoramic and occlusal X-rays and prepared for dentists to review.
- Sterilized instruments according to established guidelines and protocols.
- Followed dentists' directions for giving patients desensitizing agents to prepare for anesthetic administration.
- Took medical and dental history and recorded vital signs of patients.
- Sanitized equipment, cleaned treatment rooms and restocked supplies after each patient's treatment to maintain cleanliness and prepare for next patient.
Clerical Worker
UNLV School of Dental Medicine
Las Vegas, NV
11.2023 - 06.2024
- Organized and filed documents, both physically and electronically.
- Communicated with customers, employees and vendors to answer questions and address complaints.
- Typed, formatted and edited correspondence and other documents.
- Delivered messages and ran errands.
- Assisted in the organization of office paperwork. filing documents, and maintaining records
- Knowledge of maintaining inventory and accounting of items
- ensured that all appointment times were accurately recorded in the system
- Utilized excellent communication skills to interact with patients over the phone or in person regarding their appointments
- Assisted with check-in and check-out procedures for patient
- Managed appointment bookings by efficiently answering phone inquiries.
- Updated Eaglesoft database with patient data.
Education
DENTAL ASSISTANT -
CSN Dental Assisting CODA accredited school
Las Vegas, NEVADASkills
- Taking X-Rays
- Infection Control Policies
- Treatment Room Preparation
- Tray Setup
- Radiation Protection
- Four-Handed Dentistry
- Advising and Educating Patients
- Sanitation Protocols
- Patterson EagleSoft
- Dental Staff Assistance
- Universal Precautions
- X-Ray Development
- Medical Charting
- Oral Health Care
- Coronal Polishing
- Sterilization Techniques
- Full Mouth Radiographs
- Radiography Safety
- Health and Safety Practices
- Digital Radiographs
- Customer service
- Data entry
- Computer skills
- Office administration
- Administrative support
- Microsoft Word
- Time management
- Microsoft Excel
- File organization
- Microsoft outlook
- Customer and client relations
- Computer proficiency
- Filing
- Clerical support
- Critical thinking
- Scheduling
- Documentation and recordkeeping
- Office management
- Professional communication
- Database entry
- Excel spreadsheets
- Data organization
Certification
CPR and AED certified
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Administrative Assistant 1
CSN Dental Faculty Practice/Dental Hygiene Clinic
01.2025 - Current
Clerical Worker
UNLV School of Dental Medicine
11.2023 - 06.2024
DENTAL ASSISTANT
CSN Dental Assisting School
08.2022 - 01.2025
DENTAL ASSISTANT -
CSN Dental Assisting CODA accredited school