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Vanessa Mendez-Martinez

Vancouver,WA

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Dental Assistant

Must Love Kids Pediatric Dentistry
06.2020 - 07.2023
  • Educated patients on proper oral hygiene techniques, promoting long-term dental health.
  • Provided chairside assistance during examinations, improving dentist efficiency and patient satisfaction.
  • Performed x-rays safely while adhering to radiation safety guidelines, ensuring high-quality diagnostic images for dentists'' evaluations.
  • Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models to make dental prosthetics and placed sealants
  • Scheduled appointments, prepared bills and received payment for dental services by completing insurance forms, verifying insurance information, and maintaining records.

Dental Assistant

General Dentistry And Implants
09.2019 - 04.2020
  • Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
  • Assisted dentists with complex procedures, ensuring optimal patient care and treatment outcomes.
  • 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.
  • Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
  • Assisted dentists, hygienists, and other personnel by handing appropriate tools and supplies needed for procedures.

Dental Assistant

Dentistry For Children
04.2016 - 10.2016
  • Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
  • Performed x-rays safely while adhering to radiation safety guidelines, ensuring high-quality diagnostic images for dentists'' evaluations.
  • Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
  • Placed Sealants

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Dental Hygiene

Mt. Hood Community College
Gresham, OR
06.2023

Associate of Arts -

Clark College
Vancouver, WA
06.2020

High School Diploma -

Hockinson High School
Brush Prairie, WA
06.2016

Skills

  • Restorative Dentistry
  • Anesthetic Administration
  • Patient Assessments
  • Charting
  • Treatment Planning
  • Patient Education/ Preventive Oral Health Education
  • Nutrition Counseling
  • Equipment Sterilization
  • Digital Radiographs
  • Root Planning and Scaling (ultrasonic and Piezo)
  • Dental Impressions/pour ups
  • Sealant Application

Certification

  • RDA - Registered Dental Assistant, WA state
  • BSL CPR 2023-2025
  • RDH -Registered Dental Hygiene License, Oregon Board of Dentistry, Local Anesthesia Endorsement, Restorative Functions, Nitrous Oxide Endorsement
  • RDH- Registered Dental Hygiene License, WA state

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Dental Assistant

Must Love Kids Pediatric Dentistry
06.2020 - 07.2023

Dental Assistant

General Dentistry And Implants
09.2019 - 04.2020

Dental Assistant

Dentistry For Children
04.2016 - 10.2016

Associate of Applied Science - Dental Hygiene

Mt. Hood Community College

Associate of Arts -

Clark College

High School Diploma -

Hockinson High School

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