PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Diamond Braces, Staten Island, NY May 2019-August 2020
Part-Time/Seasonal Full-time Dental Assistant
- Fabricating temporary restorations, custom impressions from preliminary impressions (retainers, study molds), occlusal registrations for mounting study casts, and mastered pouring, trimming, and polishing study casts.
- Sterilizing and disinfecting instruments, setting up instrument trays, preparing materials, and assisting with dental procedures.
- Instructing patients on dental hygiene, oral health, plaque control programs and postoperative instructions.
- Skilled in using the ITERO Invisalign scan.
Dental Shadowing of Drs. Eliana Sarit, DDS (Total Hours: 600) and Dr. Mikhail Arkhipov, DDS (Total Hours: 250): May 2019 – August 2020
- Observed dental care and treatments such as:
- Installment and adjustment of braces,
- Laser surgery (impacted tooth),
- Administering of Local anesthetic
- Invisalign: Interproximal reduction (IPR )x-ray
- Viewed dental health status and treatment plans.
Oakwood Dental Arts, Staten Island, NY August 2020-Present
Part-Time/Seasonal Full-Time Dental Assistant
- Assisted in 4-handed dentistry
- Work chairside with dentists for extractions, impactions, fillings, dentures, dental implants, crowns, bridges, local anesthesia, suture placements/removals, and Invisalign
- Expose intraoral digital x-rays, panoramic, cephalometric, bitewing, CT, periapical x-rays and care for dental x-ray equipment
- Skillful in using Digital DOC hand-held x-ray machine
