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Work History
Education
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Locations
Continuing Education
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Certification
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Shivani R. Patel

Shivani R. Patel

Garland,USA

Summary

Dynamic dental provider with extensive clinical experience at LECOM School of Dental Medicine, excelling in restorative procedures and patient management. Proven ability in prosthetic fabrication and quality assurance, complemented by strong communication skills. Committed to delivering exceptional care and enhancing patient outcomes through innovative techniques and compassionate service.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Dental Provider

LECOM School of Dental Medicine
Erie, USA
01.2021 - Current
  • Working with licensed doctors for 2 years at LECOM Bradenton, FL dental clinic and LECOM Erie, PA dental clinic
  • Performed over 80 composite or amalgam restorations, over 60 simple extractions, 5 surgical extractions, 5 hard tissue surgeries including mandibular tori removal and crown lengthening, 3 soft tissue surgery including biopsies, a couple root canal therapies on anterior/bicuspids, 12 crown restorations, and 1 onlay that I milled at school with a supervising preceptor
  • Worked on multiple pediatric cases with the use of nitrous oxide which included doing restorations, stainless steel crowns, and space maintainers
  • Fabricated and delivered removable complete, removable cast metal partial dentures, and removable Valplast partial dentures
  • Fabricated several restorations and prosthetics by scanning using 3Shape TRIOS
  • Participated in events hosted by my school such as Super Sealant Saturday and Give Kids a Smile
  • Volunteered for the RAM clinic Erie, 2024 as a dental provider under a supervising dentist
  • Clinical experience and patient interaction during D1-D4 years
  • Multiple restorative procedures: composite resin fillings and amalgam fillings
  • Simple root canal, post, and core treatments
  • Fabrications and relines of complete/partial removable prosthetic dentures
  • Multiple simple and surgical extractions, alveoloplasty, tori removal, crown lengthening
  • Pediatric dental treatment: Sealants, restoration, SSCs
  • Use of Nitrous Sedation (over 12 hours of experience)
  • Remote Area Medical Clinic (RAM) clinic October, 2024
  • ECOM Dental School events/Out-reach: Super Sealant Saturday, October 2023, Give Kids A Smile, April 2024, Geriatric outreach, Pediatric Outreaches at local schools in Erie, PA and Bradenton, FL
  • OR experience on working on patients under General Anesthesia and providing services such as cleanings, restorations, and extractions

Dental Lab Technician

DENTSPLY Sirona
Richardson, TX
02.2020 - 07.2021
  • Lab Technician in Division that made Sure Smile Aligners
  • Experience in Quality Assurance in making sure Aligners have no imperfections
  • Experience in blocking out undercuts to make sure aligners have no voids
  • Trained in bagging and handling

Peer Mentor

Texas A&M College of Science
College Station, TX
08.2019 - 12.2019
  • Peer mentor for first year Biology students at Texas A&M
  • Responsible for arranging bi-weekly meetings with each student and consisted of discussing various topics such as grades, studying tips, resources, and helping schedule classes
  • Led seminars with other mentors to an entire biology lab weekly

Education

Doctorate in - Dental Medicine

LECOM School of Dental Medicine
Bradenton, FL
06.2025

Bachelor of Science - Biology, Bioinformatics

Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
12.2019

Skills

  • Bookkeeping
  • Payment management
  • Transaction management
  • MS Access
  • Excel
  • Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Premiere Pro
  • Photoshop
  • Communication skills
  • Axium
  • Dexis program training
  • Prosthetic fabrication
  • Patient management
  • Problem solving

Locations

  • Home, Garland, TX, 75044
  • Temporary_home, Erie, PA, 16502

Continuing Education

Hoisin Online Implant Course, 03/01/24

Accomplishments

  • Granted Exceptional Community Service Award from LECOM - this is awarded to an individual who has demonstrated, by word and deed, the desire to offer noteworthy Service to members of the College and or Community

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
Gujarati
Limited
Hindi
Elementary

Certification

  • Nitrous Certification

Timeline

Dental Provider

LECOM School of Dental Medicine
01.2021 - Current

Dental Lab Technician

DENTSPLY Sirona
02.2020 - 07.2021

Peer Mentor

Texas A&M College of Science
08.2019 - 12.2019

Doctorate in - Dental Medicine

LECOM School of Dental Medicine

Bachelor of Science - Biology, Bioinformatics

Texas A&M University