Laila Iqbal

• Teaching Experience

Dentistry-Community Learning Experience 341, 342, 343-course instructor for D4s/AS4s at the University of Illinois college of Dentistry.

o Responsible for the Didactic component of the course.

o Grading Assignments.

o Managing the Blackboard Site for the Course.

o Administering, collecting, and analyzing student site and preceptor evaluations.

o Communicating with sites to ensure paperwork compliance.

o Onboarding of D4 and AS4 dental students for various Extramural sites.

• Site Collaboration Lead

Responsible for site affiliation.

· Adjunct Faculty Onboarding.

· Compliance with HIPAA/Title X etc. training.

· Responsible for assisting with Extramural Rotations.

· Obtaining records and doing background checks on our extramural facilitators.

• Other Dental Course Responsibilities

· Assisting D1s with the school visits to CPS impacting 2000 school students.

· Supervised and guided D2s UIH Dept of Pediatrics Rotation.

· Assisting with nutrition courses in D1 and D2 years as a coach.

• Additional

-Spearheading PILSEN Clinic efforts with Dr. Smith, assisting with patient care, developing best practices for the Value Based Clinic.

- ILCHF/DDIF audit study collaborator (How many Dentists are Really Serving Medicaid-Eligible Children: The Case in Illinois) 2021.

-Assisting with research projects, scheduling and conducting interviews, collecting data and data analysis.

-Assisted in organizing and implementing Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) day.

• Working part-time as an expanded functions dental assistant, providing support to the Dentist on Fridays and Saturdays when the clinic is usually very busy. I help with applying sealants, taking dental impressions that can be used for diagnostics, oppose models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
• I also Prepare patient X-rays and images for dentist review.
• Do Coronal polishing, applying topical anesthesia and fluoride.
• Document patient dental health information, medical history, and vital signs for future reference.
• Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions, and post-surgical care.

• Created surveys and questionnaires to collect data for research projects.
• Organized meetings and appointments.
• Implementing and maintaining procedures / administrative systems
• Worked on various Research projects.
• Gathered, arranged, and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations

● I was creating data reports from the existing 2 EMR systems( Cerner and Dentrix) based on the needs of our Project.

● I was assisting in the analysis of data sets / reports, including interpretation of statistical trends and patterns of variation and implications for improvement initiatives.

• Performed initial assessment of pediatric patients and actively participated in all aspects of patient care, including history, diagnostic and therapeutic planning, procedures, writing orders, interactions with family, and maintaining medical records.
• Examined X-rays to detect abnormalities or abnormalities in the oral cavity.
• Monitored post-operative recovery and educated patients on at-home recovery.
• Diagnosed and treated patients suffering from chronic conditions.
• Performed pulpotomies and pulpectomies on children ages 2-7.
• Assisted in pediatric procedural sedation.

• Routinely performed oral examinations, restorations, extractions, root canals, scaling, prophylactic, and other dental work.
• Restored teeth by fabricating crowns, bridges, and other restorations.
• Developed and implemented treatment plans for patients based on diagnosis.
• Advised patients on treatment plans and oral hygiene.

• Developed and implemented treatment plans for patients based on diagnosis.
• Worked in various departments over the course of one year.
• Examined, diagnosed, and treated oral diseases.