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~