Skills

• Fluent in English and Spanish allowing me to treat and provide quality patient education in both languages.
• Certified Dental Assistant licensed by New York State Department of Education, yearly maintaining my continuing dental education credits as needed
• 15 years of Orthodontic assisting experience amplifies that I am a valuable team member that demonstrates consistency and strong work ethics
• Competent in fitting orthodontic bands and placing bonded lingual retainers
• Taking alginate impressions and pouring them to facilitate production of retainers, appliances or mouth guards
• Competent in using  Itero scanner to facilitate preliminary and post diagnostic records in addition to scanning for Invisalign aligner production.
• Exposing diagnostic radiographs such as Panoramic, Cephalometric, bitewings, periapicals, full mouth series digital or film to aid in the use of treatment planning, caries detection and/or pathology analysis.
• CPR certified and trained in AED use
• Taking accurate vital signs: BP, Pulse and respiration rate and able to analyze the information
• Providing Oral Cancer Screening and able to aid in the detection of any suspicious lesion out of the normal
• Knowledgeable in identifying pathology in the oral cavity
• Abundance of Patience and compassion to treat anxious patients allowing them to feel at ease in the dental chair
• Providing research-based quality patient education  guiding patients into optimal oral health
• Prepared to manage any medical emergency that may occur in a dental setting
• Efficient in performing oral prophylaxis and scaling and root planning.
• Competent in using hand instrumentation and ultrasonic scalers.
• Knowledgeable in different fluoride products and able to administer professional fluoride treatment
• Experienced in using air polisher and knowledgeable about its contraindications
• Competent in rubber dam placement and cotton-roll isolation techniques to ensure proper sealant placement
• Placing pit and fissure sealants on both adult and pediatric patients while ensuring occlusion is stable
• Able to identify an Arestin candidate and experienced in the application of Arestin.
• Able to administer local anesthesia and nitrous oxide sedation for pain management.
• Experienced in placing periodontal dressing.
• Efficient in identify caries risk level through caries risk assessments and providing appropriate individualized recommendations.
• Efficient in performing infection control in the oral health care setting in compliance with OSHA standards
• Competent in sterilization of all dental instruments
• Very organized able to maintain stocked and clean operatories
• Skillful in understanding and analyzing peer-reviewed journals.
• Able to understand parts of a research paper and able to conduct a literature review and article critique.
• Competent in using Dolphin imaging software  and Dentimax software
• Competent communicating and writing dental chart entries using proper dental terminology
• Experienced in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.