Nivida Nunez Miranda
Baltimore,MD
Summary
Professional dental care provider with strong background in clinical support and patient care. Known for excellent communication, patient management, and technical assistance during procedures. Dependable team player with focus on achieving positive outcomes and adapting to changing environments. Skilled in sterilization techniques, radiography, and maintaining infection control standards.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Dental Assistant
Chesapeake Smiles Dental
Odenton, MD
10.2024 - Current
- Supervised daily operations of dental assistants, ensuring adherence to protocols and best practices.
- Trained and mentored new team members on procedures and patient care techniques.
- Collaborated with dentists to prepare for procedures, enhancing overall workflow efficiency.
- Managed inventory of dental supplies, minimizing waste while ensuring necessary resources were readily available for all procedures.
- Measured and recorded vital statistics by taking patients' blood pressure and pulse.
- Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms, and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Supported dentists during procedures, assisting for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
- Scanned for digital impressions using itero element for all fixed restoratives.
Dental assistant
Canton Smile Studio
Baltimore, MD
02.2024 - 10.2024
- Prepared and arranged instruments and required materials for dental procedures.
- Expose intraoral dental diagnostic x-rays in accordance with all guidelines to ensure patient safety.
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endodontic procedures, and oral surgery.
- Maintained direct contact with laboratories to ensure accurate and timely production of fixed restoratives and removable appliances.
- Maintained proper operation of dental equipment by completing and scheduling regular preventative maintenance.
- Scanned for digital impressions using itero element for fixed restoratives, invisalign, study models, and progress assessment.
- Placed invisalign attachments.
Dental assistant
Glen Burnie Dental Group
Glen Burnie, MD
05.2023 - 12.2023
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and chair-side duties.
- Created dental impressions used for models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Expose intraoral dental diagnostic x-rays in accordance with all guidelines to ensure patient safety.
- Collaborated with Treatment planner by entering and phasing out all patient treatment plans during exams.
Dental assistant
Smile Loft Glen Burnie
Glen Burnie, MD
12.2021 - 06.2022
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and chair-side duties.
- Expose intraoral dental diagnostic x-rays in accordance with all guidelines to ensure patient safety.
- Scanned for digital impressions using itero element for all fixed restoratives.
- Sterilized instruments and prepared treatment rooms for procedures.
Education
Dental Assistant training program - undefined
DATS of Maryland
Columbia, MD11.2020
Skills
- Clinical support
- Patient counseling
- Procedure support
- Team collaboration
- Dental radiography
- Professionalism and etiquette
LANGUAGES
Spanish - Bilingual
Timeline
Lead Dental Assistant
Chesapeake Smiles Dental
10.2024 - Current
Dental assistant
Canton Smile Studio
02.2024 - 10.2024
Dental assistant
Glen Burnie Dental Group
05.2023 - 12.2023
Dental assistant
Smile Loft Glen Burnie
12.2021 - 06.2022
Dental Assistant training program - undefined
DATS of Maryland