Katherine Hernandez
Morrow,GA
Summary
Dedicated and Reliable Dental Assistant with a year of experience assisting with various dental procedures, ensuring to provide excellent and compassionate patient care. Skilled at taking dental x-rays, preparing dental impressions and assisting dental hygienists and dentists. Proactive with experience in direct patient care and office management in busy dental practices. Great at establishing positive relationships with coworkers and patients. Bilingual in Spanish and English.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Assistant
Morrow Dental Center
08.2022 - 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.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for procedures on a daily basis.
- Scheduled appointments, prepared bills and received payment for dental services by completing insurance forms, verifying insurance information, and maintaining records.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.
- Exposed, developed and mounted dental x-rays.
- Made preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
Beauty Advisor
CosmoProf
11.2021 - 03.2023
- Answered customer questions about products and services, helped locate merchandise, and promoted key items.
- Maintained counter and display areas for cleanliness and organization.
- Identified skin and hair needs of customers to provide assistance in choosing best products.
- Promoted additional products and services to increase sales numbers and revenue with diverse selection.
- Processed payments, entering sales in register for prompt customer service.
Shift Manager
Beauty Inside
06.2021 - 11.2021
- Trained and mentored new employees to maximize team performance.
- Kept employees operating productively and working on task to meet business and customer needs.
- Supervised employees and oversaw quality compliance with company standards for food and services.
- Worked closely with team members to schedule breaks and shifts to meet state regulations.
- Cultivated professional working relationships with peers and supervisors.
Education
High School Diploma -
Morrow High School
Morrow, GA05.2021
Skills
- Equipment and Instrument Sterilization
- Taking and Processing X-Rays
- Preliminary Impressions
- Restorative Procedures
- Dental Staff Assistance
- Medical Records Management
- Dentrix
- Proactive
- Team Collaborator
- Surgical Extractions
- Periodontics and Endodontics
Certification
BLS Certification
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Dental Assistant
Morrow Dental Center
08.2022 - Current
Beauty Advisor
CosmoProf
11.2021 - 03.2023
Shift Manager
Beauty Inside
06.2021 - 11.2021
High School Diploma -
Morrow High School
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