Mariah Dixon
Jacksonville,Florida
Summary
Efficient Dental Assistant professional with the training and abilities necessary to support, educate, and motivate patients. Focused on improving dental health with preventive and corrective care. Proficient in updating records, processing images, and preparing laboratory cases. Reliable and punctual Dental Assistant that successfully handles fast-paced work. Proven willingness to take on any task to support team and help business succeed. Offers strong communication and knowledge ability. My Goal is to obtain a Dental Assistant position in which my skills and dental education are utilized within an office that embodies a team approach and focuses on quality dentistry and overall patient care.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Dental Assistant Extern
Smiles on Beach Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL
12.2024 - 02.2025
- Charting
- Tray set up
- Sterilization
- Assisting in fillings
- Care of handpieces
- Infection control measures
- Oral evacuation
- Applying fluoride
- Apply topical anesthetics to gums or cavity preventative agents to teeth at the dentist direction
Home Health Aide
Tlay Healthcare Services
Saint Augustine, FL
06.2023 - 09.2024
- Assisted clients with daily living activities, enhancing their independence and quality of life.
- Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome, and adapt to mobility restrictions.
Education
Dental assisting Certification -
Concorde Career Institute
Jacksonville, FL02.2025
Skills
- Alginate impressions
- Bleaching tray fabrication
- Placement of gingival retraction cord
- Charting; computer and paper
- Preparation and mixing of cavity liners, varnishes, and cements
- Composite restoration
- Coronal polishing
- Custom tray (Light Cured)
- Dental dam application
- Dental terminology knowledge
- Fabricate temporary crowns and bridges
- Fluoride application
- Operatory, infection control
- Front office procedures( filing, receiving patient calls, etc)
- Front office skills, and customer service
- Instrument tray set up
- Radiographs( Dexis Digital, panoramic, parallel, and bisecting technique
- Sealant application
- Seating and dismissing patients
- Sterilization technique
- Study, model Pour/Trim
- Suture removal
- Tofflemire placement removal
- Treatment plan presentation
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Timeline
Dental Assistant Extern
Smiles on Beach Boulevard
12.2024 - 02.2025
Home Health Aide
Tlay Healthcare Services
06.2023 - 09.2024
Dental assisting Certification -
Concorde Career Institute