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PEDIATRIC DENTAL HYGIENIST
About Me

A zealous and vibrant dental hygienist with a warming personality known to reassure and alleviate patient fears. Enthusiastic about dental health and enjoys educating patients about personal dental care, hygiene and preventative techniques.

Skill Highlights
  • Patient Education / Teaching patients appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health; (e.g., tooth brushing, flossing and nutritional counseling)
  • Patient screening procedures; such as assessment of oral health conditions, review of the health history, oral cancer screening, head and neck inspection, dental charting and taking blood pressure and pulse
  • Taking and developing dental radiographs (x-rays)
  • Removing calculus and plaque (hard and soft deposits) from all surfaces of the teeth
  • Applying preventive materials to the teeth (e.g., sealants and fluorides)
  • Making impressions of patients' teeth for study casts (models of teeth used by dentists to evaluate patient treatment needs)
  • Performing documentation and office management activities
Certifications and Licenses

Dental Hygiene License - 028558

Dental Hygiene Anesthesia License - 004630

Proliability Malpractice Insurance

BLS (CPR) certification

Professional Experience
Pediatric Dental Hygienist, 02/2016 to Current
 Lil Pearls Pediatric Dentistry – Rego Park, NY
  • Empowering parents to provide better oral health care at home while understanding and applying sound pediatric nutritional principle.
  • Educates patients by giving oral hygiene and plaque control instructions and postoperative instructions; providing reminders of time of next dental hygiene visit.
  • Perform patient screening procedures; such as assessment of oral health conditions, review of the health history, head and neck inspection, dental charting.
  • Apply preventive materials to the teeth (e.g., sealants and fluorides).
  • Demonstrate patients appropriate oral hygiene strategies to maintain oral health; (e.g., tooth brushing, flossing and mouth rinse).
  •  Take and develop dental radiographs (x-rays) and intraoral pictures as needed.
  • Explain the relationship between healthy diet, good nutrition and oral health.
Registered Dental Hygienist, 09/2015 to Current
 Advanced Gentle Dentistry of Park Slope – Brooklyn, New York
  • Intra/extraoral exam, periodontal evaluation and treatment development
  • Provide prophylaxis treatment to patients in a variety of situations; teeth cleaning, gum massage, oral hygiene education and periodontal scaling.
  • Perform diagnostic and panoramic x-rays, digital imaging, interpreting dental radiographs
  • Administer local anesthesia and nitrous oxide
  • Zoom whitening procedures, fabrication of whitening trays
  • Provide and adequately apply cavity prevention agents such as fluoride and sealants
  • Instruct proper home care techniques, specifically crafted for each patient
  • Managed patient re-call system
Education and Training
Dental Hygiene, 2015
 New York University College of Dentistry - New York City, New York

Graduated with Honors


Biology University At Buffalo - Buffalo, New York
Affiliations

ADHA - American Dental Hygienists Association

NDHA - National Dental Hygienists Association

DHACNY- Dental Hygienists Association of the City of New York

Community Involvement
  • Career Day at PS169 (Apirl 2016 - 2018) - Enlightened middle school age children about the different professions and roles within the dental field.  Shared experiences, pros and cons of the career, requirements needed to become a dental hygienist, answered questions and reviewed home care.
  • Washington County, Maine (April 2015) - Participated in a clinical outreach program focused on providing comprehensive and preventative oral care to an under served community lacking access to dental providers and economic hardship.
  • New York University College of Dentistry, Smiling Faces Van (Jan-Jun 2015) - participated in improving access andproviding care to children regardless of their medical or financial status, in addition to working with the community and public schools to provide oral health education and treatment to children.
  • Oral Cancer Walk, New York (April 2013 - 2018) - Educated walkers on signs and early detection of oral cancer, through group sessions.
  • Poughkeepsie, New York (October 2014) - Participated in a clinical outreach program that provided free dental services to elementary age children facing barriers to oral healthcare including a dearth of dental providers, economic hardship and inadequate health insurance coverage.
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Lil Pearls Pediatric Dentistry
  • Advanced Gentle Dentistry of Park Slope

School Attended

  • New York University College of Dentistry
  • University At Buffalo

Job Titles Held:

  • Pediatric Dental Hygienist
  • Registered Dental Hygienist

Degrees

  • Dental Hygiene , 2015
    Biology

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