Vanessa Mendez-Martinez
Vancouver,WA
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Assistant
Must Love Kids Pediatric Dentistry
2020.06 - 2023.07
- 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
2019.09 - 2020.04
- 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
2016.04 - 2016.10
- 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, OR06.2023
Associate of Arts -
Clark College
Vancouver, WA06.2020
High School Diploma -
Hockinson High School
Brush Prairie, WA06.2016
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
2020.06 - 2023.07
Dental Assistant
General Dentistry And Implants
2019.09 - 2020.04
Dental Assistant
Dentistry For Children
2016.04 - 2016.10
Associate of Applied Science - Dental Hygiene
Mt. Hood Community College
Associate of Arts -
Clark College
High School Diploma -
Hockinson High School
- 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
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