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Teresa Castaneda

Selah,WA

Summary

Bilingual , hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure surgical assistant position. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Ready to help team achieve company goals.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Surgical Assistant

Northwest Periodontics & Implants - Yakima
11.2018 - Current
  • Assisted with transferring of patients from operating room, to recovery room providing care and support.
  • Monitored patients who are minimally sedated as well as Iv sedated patients.
  • OSHA/WISHA Safety Officer
  • Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies; Patterson Dental Strauman, Amazon, Henry Schein, Burkhart.
  • Trained new dental assistants to assist the dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties as well as equipment maintenance.
  • Created the patient treatment plans and discussed the financial aspects of the treatment.
  • Scheduled and coordinated patient appointments with general dentist when necessary.
  • Educated patients on dental hygiene techniques, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
  • Took digital impressions using 3D-Trios Scan, made surgical stent's for gum grafting surgeries and fabricated essex retainers for Immediate Implant surgeries,
  • CBCT- images-x-rays, intraoral images for consultations.
  • Scheduled and confirmed patient appointments.

Lead Registered Dental Assistant

Advanced Dentistry- Mike L. Clark And Derek Tew
03.2007 - 09.2018
  • OSHA/WISHA Safety Officer
  • Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
  • Prepared rooms for restorative treatment, assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties for general dentistry, crown and bridge, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
  • Managed dental supply inventory- by checking stock to placing and expediting orders for supplies and lab cases.
  • Took digital impressions using Cerec technology- to fabricate and designed, one-day crowns.
  • Scheduled appointments, prepared bills and received.
  • Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
  • Fabricated temporary crowns-all cases.

Dental Assistant

Steve Harrison DDS
05.2005 - 06.2006
  • Proceduction report - to accurately track all completed procedures daily.
  • Documented vitals by taking patients' blood pressure, pulse,
  • Assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry in all restorative treatment; mixing materials for fillings, casts and impressions, endo procedures, and oral surgeries.
  • Managed dental lab cases incoming and outgoing.
  • Adjusted dental prosthetics.
  • Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
  • Assisted dentists and hygienists in educating patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control, and postoperative instructions. Explained treatment procedures.
  • Scheduled and coordinated patient appointments.


Registered Dental Assistant, Chairside

Yakima Neighborhood Health Services-Dental
03.2002 - 08.2004
  • Trained new dental assistants to assist the dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties as well as equipment maintenance.
  • Triage emergent patients on a daily basis.
  • Assisted all dentists with chair-side dentistry for all procedures including; child and adult prophylaxis, (educated patients on dental hygiene), fillings, crown and bridge, endo and oral surgery.
  • Maintained dental inventory and restocked supplies to prep for all patients.
  • Dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
  • Took dental images using traditional x-ray film.
  • Exposed, developed and mounted dental x-rays, film also duplicated films when needed.
  • OSHA/WISHA Safety Officer

Education

High School Diploma -

Selah High School
Selah, WA

Certification - Dental Assisting

Yakima Skills Center
Yakima, WA

Associate of Arts -

Yakima Valley Community College
Yakima, WA

Skills

  • Oral Hygiene Techniques
  • Postoperative Education
  • Periodontal Surgery
  • Surgical Procedure Preparation
  • Spanish Interpreting
  • Time Management
  • Office Supplies and Inventory
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments

References

Alejandra Mejia

(509)480-7185


Angela Korst

(206)458-2056


Angel Smith

(509)930-9138



Timeline

Lead Surgical Assistant

Northwest Periodontics & Implants - Yakima
11.2018 - Current

Lead Registered Dental Assistant

Advanced Dentistry- Mike L. Clark And Derek Tew
03.2007 - 09.2018

Dental Assistant

Steve Harrison DDS
05.2005 - 06.2006

Registered Dental Assistant, Chairside

Yakima Neighborhood Health Services-Dental
03.2002 - 08.2004

High School Diploma -

Selah High School

Certification - Dental Assisting

Yakima Skills Center

Associate of Arts -

Yakima Valley Community College

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