MARIA OCHOA
Des Plaines,IL
Summary
Registered dental hygienist with 2 years of experience. Dedicated to deliver optimal patient care and focused on maintaining dental health and preventing disease through patient education. Quick to build relationships with patients and successful at working with teammates to achieve patient care goals.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Dental Hygienist
Schaumburg Dental Studio
Schaumburg, IL
02.2022 - Current
- Full-time hygienist treating 7-9 patients daily
- Dental prophylaxis and Scaling and root Planning with laser therapy and irrigation
- Application of fluoride and dental sealants to protect patients' teeth from decay
- Capture and interpretation of dental Radiographs
- Complete periodontal assessment
- Patient education and counseling
- Treatment planning
- Collaboration with Dentist to develop individualized treatment for each patient
- In office whitening treatment.
- Usage of Intra-oral camera for every patient
- Usage of Dentsply Sirona Cerec PrimeScan
- Administration of local anesthetics and nitrous oxide for patient's comfort
- Tracking of hourly production, collection and open hours
- Patient scheduling
- Coordination of hygiene inventory management by tracking supplies, placing orders and verifying receipt of items
Administrative Assistant
P&R Diversity Group INC
Mount Prospect, IL
12.2014 - 07.2019
- Customer service
- Data entry, and office help to tax and insurance department
- Utilized bilingual skills to perform written and verbal translation as needed
- Filing and records managements
- Answering telephone system
- Advanced MS Office Suite Knowledge
- Executed record filing system to improve document organization and management
- Monitored supervisor's work calendar and scheduled appointments, and meetings.
Education
Associate of Science - Dental Hygiene
William Rainey Harper College
12.2021
Skills
- Proficiency with Eaglesoft and Dentrix Software
- Intra-oral Camera
- Local Anesthesia and Nitrous Oxide sedation
- Occlusal guards/whitening trays/retainers scanning with Dentsply Sirona Cerec PrimeScan
- Dental Prophylaxis
- Scaling and Root Planing
- Coronal polish, Fluoride and Sealant application
- Dental Radiographs
- Proficiency with NOMAD handheld x-ray system
- oral cancer screening
- VELscope oral cancer assessment
- Sealant placement
- Treatment planning
- Periodontal Disease Management
- Preventive Oral Health Education
- Patient relationship building
- Comprehensive oral health assessment
- Patient scheduling and management
- Infection Control and Aseptic Procedures
Languages
Fluent in English and Spanish.
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Dental Hygienist
Schaumburg Dental Studio
02.2022 - Current
Administrative Assistant
P&R Diversity Group INC
12.2014 - 07.2019
Associate of Science - Dental Hygiene
William Rainey Harper College
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