Skills

  • Periodontal and dental caries screenings
  • Oral cancer and blood pressure screenings
  • Oral hygiene instruction
  • Exposing, devoloping, mounting, and interpreting fill based full mouth or bitewing radiographs
  • Exposing and interpreting digital full mouth, bitewing, and panoramic radiographs
  • Managing pediatric patients
  • Placement of pit and fissure sealants utilizing rubber dam or cotton roll isolation techniques
  • Administration of local infiltration anesthesia
  • Administration of nitrous oxide
  • Scaling and root planing with Cavitron and hand instruments.
  • Periodontal dressing placement and removal
  • Taking Alginate impressions and pouring models.
  • Dietary counseling and caries prevention
  • Arestin placement and evaluation
  • Air polishing utilizing prophyjet
  • Utilize caries detection devices; Diagnodent and Midwest
  • Skilled at dental assisting
  • Infection control protocols
  • Fluent in Dentimax