Skills

These skills acquired in my dental hygiene education will allow me to provide excellent care to all my patients throughout the course of my career. However, the plan is to continue learning and improving my skills in order to always provide the best care to all my patients.

  • Knowledge of Dentimax software.
  • Extensive head/neck, and intra-oral cancer screening.
  • Blood pressure screenings.
  • Dietary counseling for prevention of dental decay by assessing caries risk.
  • Thorough dental exam and periodontal screening.
  • Oral hygiene instruction based on patient needs with the ability to educate and motivate patients to care for their oral health.
  • Fluoride treatment (varnish, neutral and acidulated foam and gel applications).
  • Radiographs (film and digital radiographic series including horizontal bitewings, vertical bitewings, full mouth series consisting of 20 films and panoramic radiographs).
  • Pit and fissure sealants (both with rubber dam and dry angle/cotton roll isolation).
  • Deep scaling and root planning using ultrasonics and a wide variety of hand instruments.
  • Coronal engine polishing and supra gingival and sub gingival air polishing.
  • Placement of Arestin and evaluation.
  • Placement/removal of periodontal dressing.
  • Placement/removal of temporary restorations using Tofflemire matrix band.
  • Removal of sutures.
  • Fabrication of alginate impressions and pouring up models.
  • Administer Oraqix.
  • Administer local infiltration anesthesia in the state of NY.