Feb 2020
Sep 2020
Dental Assistant
Dental Clinic
Bathinda, IN
- Educated patients by giving oral hygiene, plaque control and postoperative instructions.
- Performed general chair-side duties to assist with various procedures, including general, endo and oral surgery.
- Sanitized trays, instruments and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
- Prepared and arranged instruments, medications and required materials, including cement, composites and impression materials.
- Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
- Prepared patient X-rays and images for review by dentist.
- Prepared bitewing, panoramic and periapical radiological images, allowing dentist to spot cavities, decay and problem areas needing treatment.
- Measured and recorded vital statistics by taking patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
- Administered desensitizing agents by applying numbing gel to prepare patients for anesthetic injections.
- Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate.
- Documented patients' dental health information, medical history and vital signs.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
- Took dental images following strict patient protection rules by mentioning risks during pregnancy and applying lead aprons.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges and other dental prosthetics.
- Assisted dentist in management of medical or dental emergencies.
- Helped dentists restore teeth by applying permanent and temporary fillings and crowns.
- Taught patients successful strategies for boosting oral hygiene, controlling plaque and protecting gums and tooth enamel from damage.
- Staged tray for procedures by arranging dental instruments and equipment.
- Provided diagnostic information by exposing and developing radiographic studies.
- Assisted dentists by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids, adding water and mixing materials for fillings, casts and impressions.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
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