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LEAD DENTAL ASSISTANT
Professional Summary

Successful dental professional with over 5 years of experience in fast-paced as well as nonprofit dentistry environments. Well-rounded with strong dextrous and interpersonal skills. Deep knowledge about the dental field with proven success in leadership, operational excellence and organizational development with a keen understanding of elements. Consistently rewarded for success in planning and operational improvements. Experience in policy development and staff management procedures positively impacting overall morale and productivity. Flexible in quickly handling requests from multiple dentists, colleagues, volunteers, and patients.

Skills
  • CPR, First Aid, Basic Life Support
  • Fundraising
  • Inventory, Organizing, and Packaging
  • Patient education and counseling and clinical care
  • Data Entry, Electronic Charting, and clinical documentation
  • Chairside assisting
  • Chronic disease management
  • Insurance billing and coding
  • Patient privacy
  • Medical Records Management
  • Dental radiography
  • Team collaboration
  • Dental impression specialist
  • Strong manual dexterity
  • Patient intake procedures and management
  • Infection control and aseptic procedures
  • Infection control proficiency
  • Patient relations
  • Dental office administration
Work History
Lead Dental Assistant, 06/2017 to Current
More Smiles Wisconsin, Madison Dental Initiative – Madison, WI

A non-profit organization that consists of volunteer dentists and pre health care students serving the below federal poverty line population of counties in Wisconsin.

  • X - Rays, assisting, Sterilization, order supplies, and equipment maintenance, adhere to HIPPA and OSHA protocols,
  • Clinical care coordinator duties i.e., managing payments, interoffice patient transfers, scheduling appointments and maintaining clinical inventory.
  • Monitor volunteering hours
  • Performing all steps of Complete and Partial dentures under dentist supervision.
  • Provide X-Ray and sterilization training to student volunteers.
Dental Assistant, 09/2016 to Current
Aspen Dental – Madison, WI
  • Extended duty dental assistant.
  • X rays, sterilize/provide instruments and materials for hygiene, restorative and oral surgery procedures.
  • Selective clinical steps of Complete and Partial dentures under dentist supervision.
  • Setting up patient referrals for speciality dentistry procedures.
  • Assisting in administrative duties i.e., managing payments, interoffice patient transfers, scheduling appointments and maintaining clinical inventory.
Externship, 05/2014 to 07/2014
Lavanya Dental Clinic – Secunderabad, India, Telangana
  • Clinical Dentistry Externship under the supervision of Dr.Vijay, Rajasekhar, Dr. Monashree Kapoor, Dr. Vidya Malve.
  • Duties: Practicing General dentistry procedures, while assisting, observing and providing limited hands-on in Implants, periodontal, endodontic and extensive oral surgeries.
Mandatory Clinical Internship, 03/2013 to 05/2014
Rajarajeshwari Dental College And Hospital, – Bangalore, India, Karnataka
  • Provided comprehensive dental care to patients by practicing all aspects of General Dentistry, consisting of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Prosthodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Periodontics, Operative, Endodontic, Pediatric, and Orthodontic.
Education
Bachelors of Dental Surgery (B.D.S): 10/2013
Rajarajeshwari Dental College And Hospital, RGUHS - Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Top 5% of the graduating class, Comprehensive GPA: 3.17, Best GPA: 3.61

Advanced Level Pre-Medical: Biology, Physics, Chemistry, 03/2008
Sri Chaitanya Jr. Kalasala - Secunderabad, Telangana, India.

Top 10% of the graduating class.

Accomplishments
  • Listerine Lecture Current opinions in Management of Bio-films and Periodontal Diseases - series 2013 Indian Society of periodontology - Dept.
  • Of Periodontology- at Rajarajeshwari Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Volunteer Activities July 2018 Healthy Mouth Movement - Aspen Dental, Madison, WI.
  • June 2017 Volunteered as a Dental Assistant to provide free dental services such as Fillings, Extractions to Veterans.
  • Jan 2018- Present Trainer/Councillor for Peace-Predental education group, UW Madison, WI.
  • Hold volunteering sessions and design different caliber training tracks for pre-dental students.
  • Provide counseling to pre-dental and pre-health care students on integrated health care and patient care management.
  • June 2017 Relay for Life Waunakee, American Cancer Society, Waunakee, WI.
  • Fundraising, participating, providing free oral cancer screenings and educating people about it.
  • Jan 2016- Present As a Volunteering Dental Assistant, More Smiles Wisconsin (formerly.
Language skills

English (Advanced), Hindi (Advanced), Gujarati (Advanced), Telugu (proficient), French (Basic), Kannada (Basic), and basic communication skills in a few other Indian languages and dialects.

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • More Smiles Wisconsin, Madison Dental Initiative
  • Aspen Dental
  • Lavanya Dental Clinic
  • Rajarajeshwari Dental College And Hospital,

School Attended

  • Rajarajeshwari Dental College And Hospital, RGUHS
  • Sri Chaitanya Jr. Kalasala

Job Titles Held:

  • Lead Dental Assistant
  • Dental Assistant
  • Externship
  • Mandatory Clinical Internship

Degrees

  • Bachelors of Dental Surgery (B.D.S) : 10/2013
    Advanced Level Pre-Medical : Biology, Physics, Chemistry , 03/2008

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