Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Generic

Vera Perez

Deltona,FL

Summary

Experienced professional with background in dental practice management. Offering expertise in all dental procedures, infection control and oral health care.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Dental Assistant

Aspen Dental
08.2022 - Current
  • Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
  • Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures and oral surgery.
  • Sanitized trays, instruments and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
  • Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
  • Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
  • Prepared patient X-rays and images by [Action] for review by dentist.
  • Prepared rooms for patient treatment by cleaning and sterilizing tools and equipment, [Action] and [Action].
  • Helped dentists restore teeth by applying permanent and temporary fillings and crowns.

Dental Assistant

Lake Mary Dental
06.2021 - 06.2022
  • Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures and oral surgery.
  • Cleaned and sanitized dental instruments and equipment, straightened treatment rooms and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
  • Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
  • Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate.
  • 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.
  • Assisted dentists by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids, adding water and mixing materials for fillings, [Type], casts and impressions.
  • Administered desensitizing agents by applying numbing gel to prepare patients for anesthetic injections.
  • Provided diagnostic information by exposing and developing radiographic studies.

Dental Assistant Instructor

Florida Career College
09.2018 - 06.2021
  • Supervised student training in dental offices and classroom settings.
  • Planned demonstrations for students to expand upon lecture topics.
  • Monitored student growth and learning through hands-on activities and exams.
  • Answered student questions on any dental terminology and procedures in the class and lab setting to promote learning.
  • Provided immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group.
  • Delivered individualized instruction on observation, assessment, decision-making and patient health teaching.
  • Evaluated students' competencies through written assignments and examinations.

Dental Assistant Instructor

AAA School Of Dental Assistant
02.2017 - 09.2020
  • Supervised student training in dental offices and classroom settings.
  • Planned demonstrations for students to expand upon lecture topics.
  • Monitored student growth and learning through hands-on activities and exams.
  • 90 day program

Education

Associate of Science - Dental Assisting

Daytona State College
Daytona Beach, FL
05.2003

Skills

  • Four-Handed Procedures
  • Strong Manual Dexterity
  • Taking X-Rays
  • Local Anesthetic Proficiency
  • Restorative Procedures
  • Infection Control Proficiency
  • Oral Surgery
  • Dentrix Proficiency
  • Dental Impressions
  • Chair Side Assistance
  • Restorative Dentistry
  • Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Anesthetic Administration

Timeline

Dental Assistant

Aspen Dental
08.2022 - Current

Dental Assistant

Lake Mary Dental
06.2021 - 06.2022

Dental Assistant Instructor

Florida Career College
09.2018 - 06.2021

Dental Assistant Instructor

AAA School Of Dental Assistant
02.2017 - 09.2020

Associate of Science - Dental Assisting

Daytona State College

Similar Profiles

CREATE PROFILE