Dependable, hard-working dental assistant with over 6 years of experience in the dental field, motivated and a quick learner ready to take on any task given.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Assistant
Vernon valley dentistry
Vernon , NJ
07.2021 - Current
Positioned patients for treatment and prepared necessary equipment for procedures
Escorted patients to exam rooms
Assisted dentists in permanent and temporary restorative procedures
Produced opposing models, study casts, and impressions
Passed instruments, suctioned fluids and mixed materials for impressions
Selected and sanitized tools used for procedures.
Conducted routine maintenance of equipment used in dentistry operations.
Performed administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, answering telephones and updating patient records.
Fabricated temporary crowns or bridges from impressions taken by the dentist.
Instructed patients about postoperative instructions prescribed by their dentist.
Dental Assistant
Dr John Pergolizzi
Ringwood, NJ
05.2017 - 06.2021
Maintained patient records and lab equipment
Positioned patients for treatment and prepared necessary equipment for procedures
Managed patient care, office and laboratory duties with efficiency and professionalism
Took bitewing, periapical, panoramic and occlusal X-rays and placed them in the viewer so the dentist could look over them
Assisted dentists in permanent and temporary restorative procedures
Stocked and prepared exam and treatment rooms, setting up required instruments, tools, and equipment.