LAURA RODRIGUEZ
Orthodontic Assistant
Colorado Springs,CO
Summary
Offering strong organizational and time-management skills with keen ability to learn and grow in professional settings. Brings collaborative mindset and ability to quickly adapt to new tools and processes required for administrative tasks. Ready to use and develop communication and organizational skills in a remote scheduler role.
Overview
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years of professional experience
Work History
Ortho Assistant
Pacific Dental Services
03.2023 - Current
- SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Work with up to 60 patients on a weekly basis.
- Assist with both adults and children.
- Aid with Front Desk functions.
- Experience with Dolphin, Dentrix, EagleSoft, and eClinicalWorks software programs.
- Certified in Basic Life Support. (CPR & AED)
- ORTHODONTIC DUTIES
- Fit and adjust braces and archwires.
- Make impressions for appliances and retainers.
- Expose cephalometric and panoramic x-rays.
- Determine tentative shades.
- Perform pre and post operative instructions for all patients.
- Clean hard surfaces of teeth after removing of orthodontic appliances.
- Take special orthodontic photographs.
- DENTAL ASSISTANT DUTIES
- Prepare instrument tray set-up and assist chair-side with resin composite and tooth extractions.
- Assist doctor in oral procedures including: amalgam, composite, veneer, crown, bridge and implant restoration.
- Aid in preliminary impression for crown preparation final impression, temporary crown preparation & cementation, and tooth preparation for sealant placement.
- Complete intraoral, periapical, bitewing, and panoramic radiographs.
- Make temporary crowns.
- Assist doctor in oral procedures including: amalgam, composite, veneer, crown, bridge and implant restoration.
- Practice aseptic techniques and proper disinfection procedures.
- Assist in oral surgery including extractions, biopsies, and implants.
- Comply with all OSHA standards and practices.
- Assist dentist in restorative and supportive measures.
- PATIENT DUTIES
- Greet patients and make them feel comfortable.
- Brief and debrief patients on dental visit.
- Explain effects of diet and nutrition on dental health.
- Teach personal oral hygiene techniques and proper use of devices.
- Motivate patients to increase and practice proper home care.
- OPERATIVE DUTIES
- Disinfect operatory and laboratory rooms.
- Place rubber dam, clamps, and ligation.
- Select and place matrices and wedges.
- Insert, condense, finish, polish, and recontour amalgam restorations.
- Finish synthetic and composite resin restorations.
- Place cavity varnish.
- Take impressions and pour study models.
- Place temporary restorations.
- PREVENTIVE DUTIES
- Remove stains, calculus, and mucin plaques from teeth.
- Perform prophylaxis and apply topical fluoride.
- Teach proper tooth brushing and flossing methods.
- Identify the presence of calculus on diagnostic radiographs.
- Apply pit and fissure sealants.
- ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
- Schedule appointments and maintain calendar.
- Write documentation of diagnosis and treatments.
- Chart procedures to be performed in the patient record.
- Present oral report daily to doctor and staff on previous day's clinical area of management.
Education
Certificate - Expanded Function Dental Assistant
PIKES PEAK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Colorado Springs, Colorado01-2019
Skills
Quick adaptability
Time management
Computer skills
Attention to detail
Accomplishments
- "A self-starter, willing to take initiative and a quick learner."
- "Excellent rapport with our patients and our office staff."
- "Always punctual, responsible and willing to help out with anything that needed to be done."
INTERNSHIP
- ACADEMY KIDS DENTAL - Orthodontics
- DR. TIMOTHY STACEY - General Dentistry
Timeline
Ortho Assistant
Pacific Dental Services
03.2023 - Current
Certificate - Expanded Function Dental Assistant
PIKES PEAK COMMUNITY COLLEGE