Sharon Alvarez
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Professional dental assistant with substantial experience in providing comprehensive patient care and efficient clinical support. Proven ability to enhance patient satisfaction, streamline dental operations, and uphold high standards of hygiene and safety. Strong focus on team collaboration and adaptability, ensuring seamless integration into dynamic dental practices. Skilled in chairside assistance, radiography, patient education, and maintaining meticulous records. Reliable and results-driven with commitment to delivering exceptional patient outcomes.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Registered Dental Assistant
Dental 365
50 West Park Pl Stamford CT 06901
06.2023 - Current
- Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
- Assisted dentists by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids, adding water, and mixing materials for fillings, [Type], casts and impressions.
- Organized community outreach initiatives for oral health education, promoting dental care awareness and increasing practice visibility.
- Participated in continuing education courses to stay current on industry advancements and best practices in dental care.
- Trained new dental assistants, providing guidance on best practices and ensuring high-quality patient care.
- Supported dentists during procedures, assisting dental fillings, permanent, and temporary crowns and sealants.
- Maintained strict sterilization protocols, ensuring a safe and sanitary environment for patients and staff.
- Prepared rooms for patient treatment by cleaning and sterilizing tools and equipment and setting up x-ray machines.
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
Lead Dental Assistant
Stamford Dental Arts
44 Strawberry Hills Ave Stamford Ct 06902
11.2018 - 06.2023
- Measured and recorded vital statistics by taking patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
- Increased patient satisfaction rates through excellent customer service skills when addressing concerns or resolving issues promptly.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Staged tray for procedures by arranging dental instruments and equipment.
- Documented patient dental health information, medical history, and vital signs for future reference.
- Assisted dentists by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids, adding water, and mixing materials for fillings, [Type], casts and impressions.
- Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
- Helped dentists restore teeth by applying permanent and temporary fillings and crowns.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Supported dentists during procedures, assisting dental fillings, permanent, and temporary crowns and sealants.
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
- Prepared rooms for patient treatment by cleaning and sterilizing tools and equipment and setting up x-ray machines.
- Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Improved practice workflow by efficiently setting up and breaking down dental operatories before and after each procedure.
- Assisted dentists in various procedures, ensuring accurate treatment delivery and high-quality patient care.
Dental Assistant
Bridgeport Dental partners
Bridgeport, CT
02.2016 - 11.2018
- - Responsible for sterilization of all doctors and hygienist instruments
- - Making sure all rooms are well cleaned after use for next patient
- - Set up rooms for next procedure as a Fillings, root canals, crowns, oral surgery, cleanings, deep cleanings, etc
- - assistant doctors
- - changing solutions for sterilization use
- - taking impressions
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms, and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate.
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
Head Assistant
Connecticut Family Dental
Bridgeport, CT
01.2015 - 01.2018
- - Responsible for the sterilization of all the doctors and hygienist instruments
- - Responsible to make orders for materials and everything necessary for the office needs
- - Assist the doctor in chair as a root canals, Fillings, crowns, implants, extractions, etc
- - Train new assistants
- - Making sure everything get done well
Assistant Hygienist
Dental Care stamford
Stamford, CT
01.2014 - 01.2015
- - Responsible for sterilization of all doctors and hygienist instruments efficiently to reach a common goal
- - Making sure all rooms are well cleaned after use for next patient as well as properly stocking all necessary instruments
- - Great organizational skills
- - Assistant hygienist with charting date and computer
- - Bilingual speak spanish and english
- - Making sure lab cases are packed correctly and labeled, as well incoming cases to be processed
- - Change solution for sterilization use
- - taking impressions
- - Trim impressions
- - Make bleaching trays
- - Successfully completed OSHA training
Education
Secundaria terminada -
Skills
- CPR
- Dental Assistant
- Dentrix
- Sterilization
- Dental Receptionist
- Laboratory Experience
- Dental Radiography
- Appointment Scheduling
- Oral Surgery
- OSHA Regulations
Certification
- Certified Dental Assistant
- CPR Certification
- Radiation Health and Safety Certification (RHS) - Dental Assisting National Board (DANB).
Timeline
Lead Registered Dental Assistant
Dental 365
06.2023 - Current
Lead Dental Assistant
Stamford Dental Arts
11.2018 - 06.2023
Dental Assistant
Bridgeport Dental partners
02.2016 - 11.2018
Head Assistant
Connecticut Family Dental
01.2015 - 01.2018
Assistant Hygienist
Dental Care stamford
01.2014 - 01.2015