Lead Dental Assistant
New Image Advanced Dental
Trinidad, Colorado
07 2019 - 01 2025
- Prepared rooms for patient treatment by cleaning and sterilizing tools and equipment and setting up x-ray machines
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties for general dentistry (same day crowns, fillings, implants, extractions, dentures) orthodontics and sleep apnea oral appliances.
- Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
- Maintained ortho dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make dentures, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Lab case tracking, including scheduling patients to return for delivery of various types of cases
- Obtained x-ray certification, took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.
- Reduced wait times by effectively managing exam room turnover between appointments, minimizing downtime for both staff members and patients alike.
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Trained new dental assistants, sharing valuable knowledge to strengthen the overall quality of the team's performance.
- Maintained OSHA and CPR certification by completing yearly refresher course.