Maryam Shamuel

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Objective: Looking to pursue a career as a dental hygienist where I can utilize my dental hygiene knowledge and skills. I am eager to advance

my skills in order to provide the highest standards of preventative oral hygiene care to patients while keeping up with the most

recent evidence based research. I am confident treating everyone from children to patients with periodontal disease.

Certifications and Licensure:

Illinois Dental Hygiene License Certified in Nitrous Oxide administration

Certified in local anesthetic administration CPR

Education:

Harper College

Associate in Applied Science-Dental Hygiene 2012-2014

Oakton Community College

General Education classes 2008-2012

Harper College Dental Hygiene Clinical Practice Aug.2012-May 2014

• Review medical history, medications, and record vitals. Verify the impact on oral health.

• Perform intra oral as well as extra oral exam.

• Gather all the assessment data necessary for periodontal diagnosis including: gingival description, periodontal charting, assess bleeding index,

furcation, recession and mobility.

• Treatment planning according to patient’s individual needs.

• Perform prophylaxis, scaling and root planning, and stain removal.

• Utilize both coronal polishing, and air polishing skills.

• Take diagnostic digital periapical x-rays as well as digital panoramic x-rays.

• Able to utilize the intra oral camera for patient education.

• Place locally administered antibiotics as an adjunct periodontal therapy as required.

• Great communication skills with patients while providing appropriate self care strategies, diet counseling, and tobacco cessation counseling.

• Administer local anesthetics, nitrous oxide, and fluoride when necessary.

• Utilize Diagnodent, and place sealants when necessary.

• Follow OSHA guidelines in sterilization and room preparation.

• Make whitening trays including: taking the impressions, making models, and providing the patient with appropriate instructions to follow.

• Utilize Exan computer software for data entry.

• Perform dentition charting.

Professional Experience:

Dr. Nasreen Gagan, DDS

Dental Hygienist July 2014-Current

• Review medical history, medications, and record vitals. Verify the impact on oral health.

• Careful Soft tissue examination for any abnormalities or suspicious lesions, and bring it to the attention of the dentist.

• Periodontal charting per guidelines.

• Assess the health of periodontium, and educate the patients about any suspected abnormalities or presence of periodontal disease.

• Co-diagnose with the dentist to establish proper periodontal treatment plan for patients according to their needs.

• Meticulous periodontal instrumentation to remove hard and soft deposit.

• Perform prophylaxis, scaling and root planning, and stain removal.

• Promote oral health by providing patients with appropriate oral hygiene instructions, and diet counseling.

• Provide Fluoride application, and caries preventative measures.

• Administer local anesthetic for hygiene patients as well as Doctor’s patients as required.

• Take film-based intra oral x-rays as well as panoramic x-rays.

Dental Assistant Jan. 2010-2014

• 4 years worth of experience in fourhanded dentistry in various aspects including: implants, orthodontics, composite fillings, crown/bridge

preparation, and root canal therapy.

• Collect orthodontic records: photographs, panoramic x-ray, and cephalometric x-rays.

• Change orthodontic wires, and place power chains, ligature wires as required.

• Obtain accurate impressions and pour them.

• Perform coronal polishing as required.

• Office supply inventory as well as equipment maintenance including the autoclave and x-ray processor.

• Occasional front desk duties including: patient scheduling, and patient’s balance collection.

Dr. Nahrain Dinkha, DDS

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Dental Assistant Dec. 2008-Jan. 2010

• Prepare the patient, and the operating room for the appropriate procedure.

• Assist the dentist with various procedures including: composite filling, crown preparation, and root canal therapy.

• Expose and process diagnostic intra oral x-rays.

• Obtain accurate impressions, and pour them as required.

• Perform coronal polishing, and place sealants as required.

• Able to utilize autoclave in order to sterilize instruments properly.

~References are available upon request~

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