Saida Caicedo
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Adept Dental Lab Technician with a proven track record at NYU Langone Brooklyn, enhancing lab efficiency by preemptively managing supplies and reducing costs through meticulous maintenance. Specializes in restoration fabrication and customer service, consistently delivering dentures with over 90% accuracy. Expert in appliance fabrication and maintaining laboratory safety protocols, ensuring top-notch patient care and satisfaction. Talented laboratory professional offering advanced technical knowledge of dental appliances and production procedures. Methodical and well-organized with strong attention to detail and expertise in testing and enhancing devices to optimize fit. Open and clear communicator accustomed to handling high workload and meeting tight timetables. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Lab Technician
NYU Langone Brooklyn
02.2011 - Current
- Monitored supply inventory in [Software] and ordered more ahead of schedule to prevent lost time.
- Repaired [Type] equipment and stuck to strict preventive maintenance schedule to decrease lab costs [Number]%.
- Completed repairs on various types of apparatus, monitoring work closely to maintain accuracy and meet patient needs.
- Inspected broken or out-of-date apparatus for special specifications before repairing and making new ones.
- Created over [Number] sets of dentures daily with [Number]% accuracy against prescriptions and patient needs.
- Polished completed molds and prostheses and maintained high standards of final products for best-in-class care.
- Built and shaped wax teeth for patient replacements after reading and double-checking prescriptions and patient needs.
- Completed detailed models of patients' mouths to create accurate devices.
- Prepared wax bite-blocks and impression trays for use.
- Read prescriptions and specifications and examined models and impressions in order to determine design of dental products to be constructed.
Dental Laboratory Technician
Saint Barnabas Hospital
07.2008 - 11.2010
- Constructed artificial metal and porcelain teeth with attractive finishes and durable frameworks.
- Completed detailed models of patients' mouths to create accurate devices.
- Completed extensive wear tests to assess designs for long-term durability.
- Completed repairs on various types of apparatus, monitoring work closely to maintain accuracy and meet patient needs.
- Polished completed molds and prostheses and maintained high standards of final products for best-in-class care.
- Removed excess metal or porcelain and polished surfaces of prostheses or frameworks using polishing machines.
- Trained or supervised other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers.
Dental Laboratory Technician
Stony Brook University And Stony Brook Medicine
11.2002 - 07.2008
- Polished completed molds and prostheses and maintained high standards of final products for best-in-class care.
- Inspected broken or out-of-date apparatus for special specifications before repairing and making new ones.
- Removed excess metal or porcelain and polished surfaces of prostheses or frameworks using polishing machines.
- Read prescriptions or specifications and examined models or impressions to determine design of dental products to be constructed.
- Trained or supervised other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers.
- Adhered to specifications to craft well-fitting appliances.
Dental Laboratory Technician
Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine
09.1999 - 07.2001
- Assisted functionality of completed models with help of apparatus mimicking human bite and adjusted devices to enhance performance.
- Completed detailed models of patients' mouths to create accurate devices.
- Built and shaped wax teeth for patient replacements after reading and double-checking prescriptions and patient needs.
- Completed repairs on various types of apparatus, monitoring work closely to maintain accuracy and meet patient needs.
- Tested completed appliances for functionality before shipping them to patients or dental offices.
- Inspected broken or out-of-date apparatus for special specifications before repairing and making new ones.
- Polished completed molds and prostheses and maintained high standards of final products for best-in-class care.
- Removed excess metal or porcelain and polished surfaces of prostheses or frameworks using polishing machines.
- Trained or supervised other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers.
Education
Surgical Technology
NYU Langone
Brooklyn, NY08.2024
Associate of Science - Dental Laboratory Technology
New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York
Brooklyn, NY06.1998
Skills
- Restoration fabrication
- Acrylic repair
- Impression fabrication
- Natural tooth restoration
- Laboratory safety protocols
- Dental consultations
- Cast mounting
- Hand-Eye Coordination
- Buffing wheels
- Appliance Fabrication
- Denture repairs
- Impressions
- Technical report writing
- Materials Selection
- Equipment Operation
- Patient confidentiality
- Customer Service
- Quality Control Analysis
- Work Order Following
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
Affiliations
- CDTs
- AST
Certification
- CDT - Certified Dental Technician
- [Area of expertise] License - [Timeframe]dentures
- [Area of expertise] License - [Timeframe]dentures
Languages
Spanish
Full Professional
Timeline
Dental Lab Technician
NYU Langone Brooklyn
02.2011 - Current
Dental Laboratory Technician
Saint Barnabas Hospital
07.2008 - 11.2010
Dental Laboratory Technician
Stony Brook University And Stony Brook Medicine
11.2002 - 07.2008
Dental Laboratory Technician
Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine
09.1999 - 07.2001
Surgical Technology
NYU Langone
Associate of Science - Dental Laboratory Technology
New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York
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