Latora Harper
Greenville,NC
Summary
Driven Dental Assistant successful at building relationships with patients and colleagues. Offers expertise in patient care and education to support optimal oral health outcomes. Attentive and prepared professional dedicated to practice growth and stability.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Assistant
Taylor Pope Family Dentistry
Ayden, NC
09.2023 - Current
- 4 handed dentistry with extractions, crowns, root canals and fillings
- Prepared dental materials such as amalgam, composite resin, ketac, relyx, impression materials.
- Performed administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, answering telephones and taking payments
- Made bleaching trays and retainers
- Itero scanner used for invisalign and crowns
- Fabricated temporary crowns or bridges
- Educated patients on treatment pre and post-procedure home care.
Dental Assistant
Kinston Family Denist
Kinston, NC
01.2022 - 10.2023
- Conducted routine maintenance of equipment
- Instructed patients about postoperative instructions
- Assisted in laboratory procedures such as making bleaching trays
- Digital xrays
- Educated patients on techniques to optimize oral hygiene, control plaque and protect teeth and gums.
- Placed sealants on primary teeth
- Performed coronal polishing
Dental Assistant
Complete Dental Care
New Bern, NC
06.2013 - 08.2019
- Performed 4 handed dentistry
- Updated patients medical history
- Setup room for treatment
- Assisted with Extractions, root canals, amalgam and composite restorations
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Dental Assisting
Miller Motte
Greenville04-2010
Computer Information Systems -
Pitt Community College
Winterville, NC05-2005
Skills
- General Restorative Dentistry
- Cosmetic Dentistry
- Restorative Dentistry
- Patient Charting
- Patient Education
- Patient Instruction
- Team player
- Empathetic towards patients
Certification
- Radiation Health and Safety
- DANB infection control
- OSHA/HIPPA
- CPR/First Aid
- Itero restorative
- Itero
Timeline
Dental Assistant
Taylor Pope Family Dentistry
09.2023 - Current
Dental Assistant
Kinston Family Denist
01.2022 - 10.2023
Dental Assistant
Complete Dental Care
06.2013 - 08.2019
Associate of Applied Science - Dental Assisting
Miller Motte
Computer Information Systems -
Pitt Community College
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