LaQuita Stegall
Pearland,TX
Summary
Patient-focused Dental Hygienist bringing over 10 years of experience caring for patients through dental hygiene services. Expert in prophylaxis, Scaing & Rootplaining and patient education resulting in reduced dental decay and fewer cavities for patients. Team-oriented with success in building long-term relationships with patients. Would love a healthy work life balance.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Dental Hygienist
Dr.Matson Dental Office
01.2023 - Current
- Created agendas and communication materials for team meetings
- Clean calcareous deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums, using dental instruments
- Record and review patient medical histories
- Examine gums, using probes, to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease
- Provide clinical services or health education to improve and maintain the oral health of patients or the general public
- Feel and visually examine gums for sores and signs of disease
- Expose and develop x-ray film
- Chart conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentist
- Maintain dental equipment and sharpen and sterilize dental instruments
- Apply fluorides or other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay
- Feel lymph nodes under patient's chin to detect swelling or tenderness that could indicate presence of oral cancer
- Maintain patient recall system
- Remove excess cement from coronal surfaces of teeth
- Make impressions for study casts
- Managed dental records and entered information using Dentrix to keep important patient information on file
- Manually and visually examined gums to determine periodontal disease and screen for oral cancer
- Took dental images and X-rays to identify areas of concern and presented to dentists for review
- Studied new and advanced dental hygiene methods and technology by completing continuing education coursework
- Accurately collected and recorded patient medical and dental histories
- Cared for patients using advanced tooth cleaning methods like Laser treatment
Dental Hygienist
Clean my teeth
01.2020 - 12.2022
- Customized dental prophylactic treatment to meet individual patients' needs
- Scaling and Rootplanning
- Applied cavity preventing agents, like fluoride and sealants, to protect patients' teeth from decay
- Placement of Arestin antibiotic when needed
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Dental Hygiene
Oakland Community College
Auburn hills, Michigan05.2008
Associate of Arts - Dental Hygiene
Oakland Community College
Auburn hills, Michigan05.2006
Skills
- Ultrasonic instrumentation
- Periodontal therapy
- Local anesthesia administration
- Oral cancer screening
- Sealant application
- Patient relationship building
Timeline
Dental Hygienist
Dr.Matson Dental Office
01.2023 - Current
Dental Hygienist
Clean my teeth
01.2020 - 12.2022
Associate of Applied Science - Dental Hygiene
Oakland Community College
Associate of Arts - Dental Hygiene
Oakland Community College
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