Ruby Mercado-Aguilar

• Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
• Provided exceptional chairside assistance to orthodontist during complex procedures such as removing/replacing wires, bonding brackets and cementing appliances.
• Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
• Contributed to successful treatment outcomes by accurately taking dental impressions, X-rays, and intraoral scans.
• Promoted positive patient experiences by building rapport and addressing concerns during appointments.
• Collaborated effectively with other team members to ensure smooth workflow within the practice.
• Implemented sterilization protocol compliant with OSHA standards, ensuring clean and safe environment for both patients and staff members.

• Build positive relationships with patients, families, and coworkers to ensure targeted outcome treatment remains on schedule
• Assisted Pediatric dentist during examinations and treatment procedures
• Conducted hygiene recall to children including scaling, floss, polish, fluoride and x-rays
• Assisted Pediatric Dentist and Anesthesiologist during IV/GA operations
• Monitors vital signs for oral conscious sedation cases
• Comfortable working with and knowledgeable of medically compromised and special needs children
• Perform intraoral and extraoral photographs, as well as panoramic and cephalometric radiographs
• Performing impressions for study models, retainers, space maintainers and orthodontic appliances
• Filling out lab slips, and shipping appropriate models to lab
• Placement and removal of orthodontic ligature ties,wires, separators, and orthodontic appliances
• Educating patients on proper oral hygiene practices and braces aftercare.

• Instructed patients and parents on dental hygiene practices such as proper tooth-brushing and flossing

Successfully assisted Dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties

• Trained to assist and performed cleanings, sealants and fluoride treatment on behaviorally challenged and special-needs patients, providing them with individualized care and consideration
• Trained to assist dentist with restorative with Nitrous Oxide, oral sedation, and general anesthesia treatments.

• Greet and seats patients and prepare them for treatment
• Provides chair-side assistance to dentist in the performance of dental procedures and examinations such as fillings, crowns, root canal treatment and extractions
• Take Radiographs as directed by dentist
• Set up instrument trays and preparing material for dental procedures
• Sterilize exam rooms, equipment and tools prior to and after patients visits
• Record treatment information in patient chart.