Wilhelmenia Rivera
Registered Dental Hygienist
784 New Jersey Avenue Apt 1_Brooklyn – Brooklyn, NY 11207
w.alexander.rivera@hotmail.com – 347-672-7658
Education
New York College of Technology, Brooklyn, New York
Associates Degree in Dental Hygiene June 2014
Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn New York
Medical Billing and Coding Certificate January 2005
Professional Activities
Head Start Fluoride Varnish Program, Brooklyn, New York
April – May 2014
Oral hygiene instruction, reviewed nutritional habits and applied fluoride varnish on children 4 to 6 years old.
Dental Health Day, Brooklyn, New York
February 2014
Teaching oral hygiene instructions to adults and children.
Colgate, The Greater New York Dental Meeting, New York
December 2013
Responsible for Signing up RDH to the COHA programs on Facebook and getting their feedback on the benefits offered.
Internship
Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York
June – August 2013
- Scaling and Root planning, prophylaxis, oral hygiene instruction, dental charting, radiographs (Digital and Analog), dental billing, scheduling appointments.
Work Experience
Clerical Associate II
Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York
October 1999 – February 2005
- Served as first point of contact for patients and staff calling or visiting the Medical Records Department.
- Handled responsibilities of receiving and routing with a 10 -line telephone console.
- Identified, documented and maintained patients’ requests for medical records.
- Retrieved and photocopied patient charts for requestors; patients, lawyers, subpoenas
- Effective communication skills with hospital staff and visitors.
- Data entry, Filing and faxing skills.
Skills
- Ability to handle highly confidential information.
- Customer service orientated.
- Excellent communications skills both verbal and written.
- Scaling and Root planning
- Utilize hand instruments, ultrasonic scalers, and air polishing (prophy jet)
- Periodontal Examination
- Prophylaxis on pediatric patients
- Oral hygiene instructions (customized for each patient)
- Exposing dental radiographs (digital, FMX, BWX, PANO)
- Sealant placement (Rubber dam or cotton roll isolation)
- Extra/ Intra oral cancer screenings
- Taking impressions (Alginate)
- Administration of local anesthesia and nitrous oxide oxygen sedation
- Caries Risk Assessment and utilized caries detection devices
- Arestin Placement
- Periodontal dressings placement
- Proficient in Dentimax and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)
