Paula Andrea Echeverry Sandoval
Durham,NC
Summary
Dedicated general dentist with a passion for delivering high-quality dental care to patients. Motivated and eager to learn, with expertise in treatment planning, preventative dentistry, oral hygiene education, and digital dentistry. Seeking mentorship to further develop skills and contribute to a practice environment focused on growth and patient well-being.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Dentist
Dentists Of Irvine
03.2024 - Current
- Licensed associate dentist providing modern restorative, cosmetic and preventative dentistry.
- Efficiently managing three columns of patients to serve between 14-18 patients per day.
- Strong skills in diagnosing and treatment planning and conservative biomimetic dentistry.
- Emphasis on preventative dentistry and passionate about patient oral health education, especially the mouth body connection.
General Dentist
The Dental Office of Lakewood
09.2023 - 03.2024
- Licensed associate dentist providing modern restorative and preventative dentistry.
- Experience in diagnosing, treatment planning, treating pediatric patients and dental prostheses.
Union Rescue Mission
06.2022 - 05.2023
- Served at the union rescue mission's community clinic as a student dentist.
- Operated on patients that were recovering from substance abuse and had previously been homeless.
- Restored extensively decayed teeth, performed endodontic procedures, delivered complete and partial prostheses, and performed scalings and root planings.
Education
D.D.S. - Dentistry
USC
Los Angeles, CA05.2023
B.S. - Public Health Sciences
University of California
Irvine, CA06.2019
Skills
- Bilingual
- Minimally invasive restorative dentistry
- Biomimetic dentistry
- Digital dentistry
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Patient assessment
- Staff leadership
- Oral cancer screening
- Preventive care
- Dental implant placement
Certification
- DEA License
- BLS Certification
- Dental License
- CPR Certification
Additional Information - Implant Preceptorship
Live Surgery (58 CEs), Preceptorship program divided into didactic and live surgery portions. Didactic portion consisted of implant biology, anatomy, case studies and surgical principles. Clinical portion consisted of three live surgery weekends dedicated to surgical non guided implant placement planning and surgeries., Illustrate a methodical approach to surgical implant placement, Navigate case selection, surgical site assessment, implant selection, biomaterials selection, restorative choices, and patient management, Identify the factors that need to be considered for patient selection and in a visual examination, Articulate the aesthetic factors that should be considered when planning out the implant process, Relate the key factors of extraction socket management and its importance, Complete an implant placement for a patient
Timeline
Associate Dentist
Dentists Of Irvine
03.2024 - Current
General Dentist
The Dental Office of Lakewood
09.2023 - 03.2024
Union Rescue Mission
06.2022 - 05.2023
B.S. - Public Health Sciences
University of California
D.D.S. - Dentistry
USC
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