Dental Assistant
Current• Assist multiple dentists with general chair-side dental procedures, including composite and amalgam restorations, crown preparation and crown seats, night guard delivery, extractions, and intra- oral dental diagnostic.• Prepare instruments trays for procedures, sterilize instruments, and enter notes regarding patient visit into the main database for easy reference. Disinfect rooms after dental procedures.• Contributed to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.• Providing patients with instructions for oral care following surgery or other dental treatment procedures, such as the placement of a restoration (filling).• Helping patients feel comfortable before, during, and after dental treatment.• Taking impressions/scans of patients’ teeth for study casts.• Asking about the patient’s medical history and chief complaints. • Taking dental radiographs.• Prepared patient for dental treatment by welcoming, comforting, seating, and draping patient.• Performed dental charting and prophy cleaning on the child.