Assistant Dental

JALISA SINGLETARY

**** ****** *** ***** • Buford , Georgia • 30519

Cell: 404-***-**** *******************@*****.***

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Seek the Challenging Position of Dental Assistant

A highly talented Dental Assistant with experience in preparing patients, sterilizing instruments, setting up instrument trays, and preparing the materials used in dental procedures; keeping the patient's mouth free of debris during the procedure; handing the dentist the appropriate instruments; taking impressions; and taking x-rays.

Summary of Qualifications

• Superb knowledge of symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures needed to diagnose and treat injuries, diseases, and deformities.

• Great ability to keep the hand and arm steady while making an arm movement or while holding the arm and hand in one position.

• Immense ability to see details of objects at a close range (within a few feet of the observer).

• Profound ability to understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

• Uncommon ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, and assemble very small objects.

• Sound ability to quickly and repeatedly make precise adjustments in moving the controls of a machine or vehicle to exact positions.

• Excellent communication skills needed to follow verbal and written instructions.

• Great ability to understand technical and pharmaceutical terminology.

• Deep sense of punctuality, accuracy, efficiency and professionalism.

Professional Experience

Choice One Dental Care at Buford

January 2011-March 24, 2011/ Extern

Dental Assistant to the Dentist

• Prepare and arrange instruments, medications and required material.

• Prepare patients for dental health services and instruct them in appropriate post dental treatment, diet and oral hygiene.

• Prepare dental materials: cements, amalgam, composite, impression materials, etc.

• Promptly follow all instructions from the dentist dealing with patient comfort.

• Take inventory, stock all supplies, instruments and medications and order said items.

• Expose developing and processing dental x-rays and maintain x-ray machinery.

• Perform required laboratory procedures, i.e., take dental impressions, pour plaster modals, etc.

• Being familiar with and use fourhanded assisting technique.

• Maintain dental equipment and operatories in good, clean condition at all times.

• Maintain the instruments and working areas in strict accordance with sterilization/disinfect ion protocols per OSHA guidelines.

• Cross-train in other dental support positions as necessary, i.e., reception, familiar with Dentrix G3

• Maintain personnel protection per OSHA guidelines as it pertains to personnel safety, i.e., protective clothing, eyewear, gloves.

Education and Professional Training

Everest Institute /Dental 2011

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