Sara Pressley
Louisville,TN
Summary
Driven Dental Assistant with 24 years of success in building relationships with patients and colleagues. Expert in all areas of dentistry assistance and skilled at anticipating dentists' and patients' needs. Attentive, prepared and proactive when working closely with various dental team staff to deliver top-notch services.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Assistant
Foothills Endodontics
10.2020 - Current
- Provided chairside assistance during examinations, improving dentist efficiency and patient satisfaction.
- Prepared and arranged instruments, medications, and required materials for dental procedures.
- Maintained a clean and sterile work environment to prevent cross-contamination and infection.
- Performed x-rays safely while adhering to radiation safety guidelines, ensuring high-quality diagnostic images for dentists'' evaluations.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
Dental Assistant
James W Horton DMD
07.2004 - Current
- Maintained dental lab equipment by sanitizing surfaces and organizing tools, and instruments.
- Educated patients on techniques to optimize oral hygiene, control plaque and protect teeth and gums.
- Entered patient data into dental records system using ACE software and observed all confidentiality rules to maintain patient privacy.
- Maintained clean, sterile and positive environment to optimize patient comfort, safety and satisfaction.
- Sanitized equipment, cleaned treatment rooms and restocked supplies after each patient's treatment to maintain cleanliness and prepare for next patient.
- Created bite-wing, panoramic and periapical X-ray images for dentist to review.
- Took preliminary impressions of patient teeth to prepare for custom impressions and fabrication of permanent dental work.
- Maintained master calendar and scheduled appointments based on provider availability.
- Assisted dentists in permanent and temporary restorative procedures, including placing dental fillings, temporary crowns, seating, permanent crowns and various other procedures.
- Helped build loyal patient following by providing empathetic and caring service.
- Ordered all supplies
- Posted dental insurance and patient payments.
Part Time Sales Associate
Belk
11.2012 - 06.2018
- Pleasantly greeted customers, offered assistance and explained details regarding latest promotions.
- Arranged new merchandise with signage and appealing displays to encourage customer sales and move overstock items.
- Created attractive displays for merchandise to enhance sales.
- Answered incoming telephone calls with professionalism to provide information about products, services, store hours, policies and promotions.
- Completed purchases with cash, credit and debit payment methods.
- Collaborated with customer service team members to give exceptional service throughout entire shopping and purchasing experience.
Dental Assistant
Lee & Barton DDS
03.2000 - 07.2004
- Escorted patients to exam rooms while making friendly conversation to prepare for cleanings and procedures.
- Sanitized equipment, cleaned treatment rooms and restocked supplies after each patient's treatment to maintain cleanliness and prepare for next patient.
- Sterilized tools, exam chair, trays and surfaces for clean and safe dental office.
- Passed instruments to dentist, gently sprayed water, suctioned fluids.
- Created bite-wing, panoramic and periapical X-ray images for dentist to review.
Unit Secretary
Methodist Medical Centre Of Oak Ridge
06.1997 - 03.2000
- Managed unit call reception and routed calls to correct department.
- Retrieved physicians’ paperwork, including lab test requests.
- Facilitated timely execution of all lab tests and medication refills.
- Executed clerical tasks and assisted with all unit duties as directed.
- Scheduled lab work and other test to be performed on patients
Education
Dental Assistant Program -
Tennessee Technology Center
2001
High School Diploma -
Coalfield High School
Coalfield, TN1997
Skills
- Medical records management
- Patient Education
- Detail-oriented
- Dental staff support
- Multitasking
- Four-handed procedures
- Patient counseling
- Patient schedule management
- Exam room setups
- Disinfecting rooms and equipment
- Patient records gathering
- Taking X-rays
- Patient confidentiality
- Payment processing
- Sterilization techniques
- Restorative procedures
- Restorative dentistry
- Dental impressions
- Digital X-Ray Proficiency
- Equipment Sterilization
Certification
- CPR certified by American Heart Association
- Coronal Polishing
- Sealant Application
- Nitrous Oxide
Timeline
Dental Assistant
Foothills Endodontics
10.2020 - Current
Part Time Sales Associate
Belk
11.2012 - 06.2018
Dental Assistant
James W Horton DMD
07.2004 - Current
Dental Assistant
Lee & Barton DDS
03.2000 - 07.2004
Unit Secretary
Methodist Medical Centre Of Oak Ridge
06.1997 - 03.2000
Dental Assistant Program -
Tennessee Technology Center
High School Diploma -
Coalfield High School