Megan Brummer
Summary
Compassionate, caring, and detail oriented dental hygienist with two years of experience as a dental assistant, and two years of experience as a certified nursing assistant. I strongly believe in effective communication and being a team player in the office. I am dedicated to performing high-quality comprehensive patient care, improving oral and systemic health, and building trust with patients.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Dental Assistant
Downtown Dental
Holstein, IA
06.2022 - 08.2024
- Prepared treatment rooms and sterilized instruments for dental procedures.
- Operated direct digital dental radiography on all ages.
- Scheduled appointments and managed office communications efficiently.
- Gathered medical information, dental health history and vitals from patients.
- Performed basic laboratory tasks, such as pouring impressions and trimming models.
- Assisted the dentist with fillings, crowns, extractions, implants, dentures, and exams.
- Interprofessional collaboration to gather patient records and refer patients to specialists.
- Documentation and updating of patient chart.
- Kept track of inventory and organized supplies.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Dental Hygiene
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, IA05.2026
Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SDSkills
- Familiar with Dentrix and Dexis software
- Nonsurgical periodontal therapy
- Infection control
- Patient scheduling and answering phones
- Nitrous oxide certified
- Local anesthesia license
- Oral head and neck cancer screenings
- Direct and indirect digital dental radiography
- BLS CPR
- Personalized OHI
- Intra-oral camera photographs
- Piezoelectric and magnetostrictive ultrasonic scaling
- EMS supragingival and subgingival air polishing
- Sealants
- Silver diamine fluoride
- Arestin
Timeline
Registered Dental Assistant
Downtown Dental
06.2022 - 08.2024
Associate of Applied Science - Dental Hygiene
Iowa Central Community College
Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences
University of South Dakota