Verita Collier
Round Rock
Summary
Dedicated dental assistant with expertise in chair-side assistance, patient education, and X-ray imaging. Committed to maintaining a clean, organized environment while ensuring exceptional patient comfort and care.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Assistant
Lakeside Dental
Austin
09.2022 - Current
- Assisted dentists during procedures to ensure patient comfort and efficiency.
- Prepared treatment rooms by sterilizing instruments and organizing supplies.
- Scheduled patient appointments and managed the office calendar effectively.
- Educated patients on oral hygiene practices and post-treatment care instructions.
- Collaborated with dental team to improve patient flow and service delivery.
- Provided chair-side assistance during dental procedures, including passing instruments to the dentist and holding suction devices.
- Took bitewing, periapical, panoramic and occlusal X-rays and prepared for dentists to review.
Dental Assistant
Rose Dental Group
Austin
07.2014 - 01.2019
- Assisted dentists during procedures to ensure patient comfort and efficiency.
- Educated patients on treatment procedures and post-procedure home care.
- Educated patients on oral hygiene practices and post-treatment care instructions.
- Sanitized equipment, cleaned treatment rooms and restocked supplies after each patient's treatment to maintain cleanliness and prepare for next patient.
- Prepared dental materials such as amalgam, composite resin, impression material and cements for use by the dentist.
- Assisted in laboratory procedures such as mixing impression materials or pouring casts from impressions taken by dentists.
- Took preliminary impressions of patient teeth to prepare for custom impressions and fabrication of permanent dental work.
- Documented patient records with procedures performed and added notes taken to charts.
Education
High School Diploma -
LBJ High School
Austin, TX05-1978
Skills
- Chair-side assistance
- X-ray imaging
- Dental hygiene
- Taking X-rays
- Oral X-rays
- Treatment room prep
- Infection control
- Appointment scheduling
- Record documentation
- Laboratory support
- Periodontal treatment assistance
- Endodontic procedure assistance
- Oral surgery
- Pediatric dental care
- Intake procedures
- Dental staff assistance
- Inventory management
- Effective communication
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Team collaboration
- Relationship management
- Professional etiquette
- First aid training
- Treatment room breakdown
- Pediatric dental care
- Treatment room breakdown
Certification
- CPR
- RDA
Timeline
Dental Assistant
Lakeside Dental
09.2022 - Current
Dental Assistant
Rose Dental Group
07.2014 - 01.2019
High School Diploma -
LBJ High School