Yalimar Castillo
Brandon,FL
Summary
Skilled Dental Assistant with extensive experience at Heartland Dental, adept in patient care and dental procedure preparation. Bilingual communicator excelling in a fast-paced environment, ensuring high-quality support in dental treatments. Demonstrated ability to improve patient satisfaction, leveraging Dentrix proficiency and multitasking capabilities for efficient operations.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Assistant
Friendly Smiles Dental Care
Tampa, FL
12.2022 - 10.2025
- Sterilize dental instruments.
- Ensure that patients are comfortable in the dental chair.
- Prepare patients and the work area for treatments and procedures.
- Sterilize dental instruments.
- Hand instruments to dentists during procedures.
- Dry patients' mouths using suction hoses and other equipment.
- Instruct patients on proper oral hygiene.
- Process X-rays and complete lab tasks under the direction of a dentist.
- Keep records of dental treatments.
- Schedule patient appointments.
Dental assistant
Heartland Dental
Tampa, FL
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Showing patients to their exam rooms
- Taking X-rays
- Preparing patients for procedures and/or surgeries
- Assisting with procedures such as fillings, crowns, and extractions
- Making dental impressions
- Sterilizing dental tools and equipment
- Post-procedure clean-up
- Generally chairside assisting of dentists
Admissions Representative
Ultimate Medical Academy
Tampa, FL
06.2021 - 06.2022
- As an admissions representative my job duties were having my potential students involved in wanting to further their careers, making sure they are choosing the right field for them
- Initiating that motivation to endure a long future goal
- Interviews students admission, records required personal information, secures signatures, and prepares and supplies patient data to appropriate departments
Dental Assistant
TAMPA FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS
Tampa, FL
02.2021 - 05.2021
- Showing patients to their exam rooms
- Preparing patients for procedures and/or surgeries
- Assisting with procedures such as fillings, crowns, and extractions
- Making dental impressions
- Sterilizing dental tools and equipment
- Post-procedure clean-up
Education
Expanded functions dental assistant -
Concorde career institute
Tampa, FL11.2020
Skills
- Multitasker
- Bilingual
- Communication skills
- Dental assisting
- Dentrix
- Customer service
- Patient scheduling
- Instrument preparation
- Taking X-rays
- Four-handed procedures
- Treatment room setup
- Dental procedure preparation
Certification
- CPR certified
- Radiology certification
- EFDA
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Languages
English
Professional
Spanish
Professional
Timeline
Dental Assistant
Friendly Smiles Dental Care
12.2022 - 10.2025
Dental assistant
Heartland Dental
06.2022 - 12.2022
Admissions Representative
Ultimate Medical Academy
06.2021 - 06.2022
Dental Assistant
TAMPA FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS
02.2021 - 05.2021
Expanded functions dental assistant -
Concorde career institute