Legna Silva Morejon

• Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
• Maintained a clean and sterile work environment to prevent cross-contamination and infection.
• Sanitized trays, instruments, and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
• Provided chairside assistance during examinations, improving dentist efficiency and patient satisfaction.
• Performed x-rays safely while adhering to radiation safety guidelines, ensuring high-quality diagnostic images for dentists'' evaluations.
• Prepared and arranged instruments, medications, and required materials for dental procedures.
• Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
• Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for Number procedures daily.
• Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
• Assisted dentists with complex procedures, ensuring optimal patient care and treatment outcomes.
• Documented patient dental health information, medical history, and vital signs for future reference.
• Assisted dentists, hygienists, and other personnel by handing appropriate tools and supplies needed for procedures.
• Prepared instruments and equipment for use in dental procedures, ensuring their availability when needed.
• Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
• Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
• Managed inventory of dental supplies, reducing waste and optimizing resource allocation.
• Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
• Prepared patient x-rays and images for dentist review.
• Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.
• Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms, and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate.
• Supported dentists during oral surgeries by preparing surgical rooms with necessary tools and sterilized instruments.
• Scheduled appointments for new and existing customers, factoring in provider availability and scheduling loads.
• Educated patients on proper oral hygiene techniques, promoting long-term dental health.
• Increased patient retention by building rapport through excellent communication skills and a friendly demeanor.
• Contributed to office organization by maintaining accurate patient records and updating files regularly.
• Prepared and positioned patients for procedures, clipping dental napkins and placing patient safety devices.
• Educated patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control, and postoperative instructions.

In the three years of experience as a dental assistant in my country Cuba,I worked in the periodontics,endodontics,dental surgery,prosthetics,x-rays,and surgery departments.