Registered Dental Hygienist

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QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

Highly qualified dental professional offering over 17 years of dental hygiene, office management, dental assisting, and sales experience in the dental industry. Comprehensive and quality dental hygiene care provided to a diverse patient population in compliance with state law, OSHA regulations, and CDC guidelines. Areas of expertise include:

Development of aggressive Soft Tissue Management programs

Excels in patient case management including treatment planning, scheduling, and finance

Proficient in digital charting, x-rays, and intraoral camera operation, with additional computer skills

Monitors and maximizes production

Development of patient care protocol and standards of care

Maintains inventory, ordering, and tracking supplies

Employee training and enrichment

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Substitute Registered Dental Hygienist 11/2010-present

Dental Offices, Northwest Georgia and metro Atlanta areas

Delivered all-inclusive dental hygiene care to a wide variety of patients in a vast array of dental practices.

Adapted and exposed to various kinds of equipment, schedules, computer and operating systems.

Received repeat work requests and positive reviews.

Registered Dental Hygienist 04/2002-11/2010

Garden Lakes Dentistry, Rome, Georgia

Delivered comprehensive and quality dental hygiene care to a diverse patient population.

Partnered with interpreters to serve a large Spanish speaking population.

Created and implemented “Homecare Instruction Sheet” improving patient compliance and oral health.

Provided all pediatric dental hygiene care.

Prototype Mobile Dental Practice Office Manager, Dental Assistant 09/1999-06/2001

Onsite Health (formerly Onsite Dental Care), Redwood City, California

Collaborated with practice management consultants in developing, implementing, and evaluating basic operating and patient care protocols and procedures.

Consultant for other regional mobile practices.

Administered general dental services to students and employees of Stanford University.

Facilitated conventional dentistry to employees of Google, Yahoo!, Cisco, Oracle, Intuit, and others.

Performed as liaison between corporate executives, dental professionals, and staff.

Managed digital recordkeeping.

Trade Show Representative, Assistant Office Manager, Marketing and Sales Assistant 08/1999-10/1999

Classical Asian Corporation, South San Francisco, California

Registered Dental Hygienist 08/1998-08/1999

Paul C. Hanna, DDS, PC, Tucker, Georgia

Implemented new computers, digital x-rays, paperless practice management and charting

system (Dentrix), and all dental hygiene responsibilities.

Registered Dental Hygienist 09/1996-08/1998

William F. Dismuke, Jr., DDS, PC, Rome, Georgia

Delivered comprehensive and quality dental hygiene care to a diverse patient population.

Registered Dental Hygienist 09/1994-09/1996

Mark Caceres, DMD, MAGD, Powder Springs, Georgia

Contributed to a smooth transition between retiring dentist and new dentist.

Achieved increased and effective patient communication and compliance by working with practice management consultants.

Provided complete dental hygiene care to a varied patient population.

Substitute Registered Dental Hygienist 2002; 09/1994-09/1996

Medical Staffing Resources (formerly DDS Staffing Resources), Roswell, Georgia

Adapted and exposed to various kinds of equipment, schedules, computer and operating systems.

Received repeat work requests, positive reviews, and permanent job offers.

Delivered all-inclusive dental hygiene care to a wide variety of patients in a vast array of dental practices.

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EDUCATION

Continuing Education Courses Ongoing

Recent courses include: Current Trends in Pharmacology, Hygiene Economics

Certificate of Course Completion: 2000

Anesthesia, Curettage, and Nitrous Oxide for the Dental Hygienist

Sacramento City College, Sacramento, California

Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene 1994

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, Rome Campus

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COMPUTERS

Basic operating programs, Microsoft Word and Outlook, and others

Dentrix, Eaglesoft, CAESY, and others

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ACCREDITATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Georgia Dental Hygiene License Current

BLS Healthcare Provider Certification Current

Rome Dental Hygiene Study Club Current

California Dental Radiographic Certification 2000

National Board Examination for Dental Hygiene 1994

Southern Regional Testing Agency, Inc., (SRTA) Examination for Dental Hygiene 1994

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REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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