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Maria Macarena

Tampa,FL

Overview

1
1
Certification
9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Temp Dental Assistant

Gotu
Tampa, FL
02.2026 - Current
  • Full mouth X-rays, Panoramic, and 3D scans promptly.
  • Assist with crown preparations, bridge preparations, as well as veneers.
  • Created temporary crowns and bridges
  • Assist with simple and surgical extractions
  • Assist with Implants
  • Able to take impressions using Alginate and VPS material
  • Responsible for providing post-op instructions to patients
  • Maintaining a clean, sterile, and positive environment while practicing patient safety, comfort, as well as satisfaction.

Lead Dental Assistant

Villages Smiles
The Villages, FL
02.2024 - 12.2025

Supervised daily operations of dental team, ensuring efficient patient flow and high-quality care.

  • Trained and mentored dental assistants on best practices and procedural efficiency.
  • Coordinated scheduling for patient appointments, optimizing utilization of office resources.
  • Keeping track of inventory and ordering any supplies needed for the clinical staff
  • Worked chair side using four handed dentistry techniques with many procedures such as crown preparations, Composite restorations, extractions(surgical and simple) , Implants including 4x4 , Dentures, Partials, and also completed FMX/ Panoramic images/ CBCT Scans/ Digital scans using iTero.
  • Presented treatment plans and helped increase office revenue
  • Working as a team player helping the office succeed
  • Cleaning all rooms and making sure everything is stocked for the day and the rooms are set up properly for procedures
  • Running sterile and making sure all instruments are packaged and cleaned properly

Dental Assistant

Aspen Dental
Mount Dora, Lady Lake, and The Villages
01.2018 - 01.2024
  • Assisted with four-handed dentistry technique
  • Took full mouth X-rays, Panoramic, and 3D scans promptly.
  • Assisted with crown preparations, bridge preparations, and fillings
  • Created temporary crowns and bridges
  • Assisted with simple and surgical extractions
  • Assisted with full mouth extraction with 4x4
  • Assisted with Implant procedures
  • Assisted with root canals
  • Able to take impressions using Alginate material and VPS
  • Efficient with using an iTero machine for digital scans
  • Responsible for providing post-op instructions to patients
  • Checking out patients and creating any follow-up appointments needed

Education

Diploma -

South Lake High School
Groveland

Expanded Functions Dental Assisting

AAA School of Dental Assisting
Sanford

Certified Nursing Assistant

Sumter County Adult Education
Sumterville

Med Tech

Southern Technical Institute
Tavares

Phlebotomy Certificate

Southern Technical Institute
Tavares

PRP Certification
Tampa

Certification

CPR Certification 2020 — 2025

LANGUAGES

Spanish

Timeline

Temp Dental Assistant

Gotu
02.2026 - Current

Lead Dental Assistant

Villages Smiles
02.2024 - 12.2025

Dental Assistant

Aspen Dental
01.2018 - 01.2024

Med Tech

Southern Technical Institute

Certified Nursing Assistant

Sumter County Adult Education

Expanded Functions Dental Assisting

AAA School of Dental Assisting

Diploma -

South Lake High School

Phlebotomy Certificate

Southern Technical Institute

PRP Certification
Maria Macarena