MILA BERNAL
**** ** ** *** ***** gardens.florida
786-***-****. *************@*****.***
Dental Technician Experienced
Objective
To acquire a dental technician position for a team that principles hard work, excellence in patient care, and a warm fun environment for patients and staff.
Related Skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Spanish
Able to reply to complicated and difficult patient situations
Knowledge of standard laboratory practices with safe process of necessary equipment and tools
Knowledge of dental material science, dental history, oral anatomy and oral pathology, tooth morphology, oral history
Capable to work very long hours, frequently under tight pressure
Excellent manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination
Capacity to expand dental appliances successfully
Ability to prioritize work load to meet deadlines
Efficient worker and quality conscious-self motivated and listens to direction carefully-team driven, adaptable quick study willing to learn
Punctual, reliable and hard working individual committed to learning and growing in this field
Related Work Experience
Dental Technician Extreme Dental Laboratories April 2014- Current
Fabricate orthodontic appliances in the acrylic department
Pour, trim and polish Hawley retainers, and dental night guards
Articulate models to patients bite for wire and acrylic preparation
Experience in polishing both metal and acrylic orthodontic appliances
Dental Technician Orthodent Dental Laboratory, Oshawa, ON 2005-2012
Utilize digital or mold to prepare plaster models of the mouth and teeth for patient work orders
Fabricate dental night guards
Put tooth models on equipment that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to assess functionality of model
Mix plaster or acrylic pastes; and pour materials into molds or over frameworks in order to form dental apparatus
Denture custom trays
C & B model work i.e pouring impressions, trimming, pinning, basing working models, articulate models
Polishing orthodontic appliances
Create denture bite blocks
Office Secretary Consultoria Juridica Law Office, Cuba 1998-2000
Tasks included answering phones, client services, filing documents, booking appointments, invoices for payment, utilizing computerized system for word processing and data entry.
Related Education
Dental Ceramics Course George Brown College, Toronto, ON 2007
Fundamentals of building porcelain onto existing metal copings
Crown and Bridge Course George Brown College, Toronto, ON 2007
fundamentals of waxing, investing, casting and finishing two single porcelain-fused-to-metal copings, completion of full metal crown
Functional Anatomy George Brown College, Toronto, ON 2007
Understanding tooth morphology and the form of the teeth. Drawing teeth from all angles, and practical experience carving teeth using wax blocks. Replacing missing occlusals from tooth models.
Nursing Courses Matanzas University Nursing, Cuba 1996
Grade 12 Completion Antonia Guitarez High School, Cuba 1995