Dental Technician Resume Samples

Description :

1. Maintained operational readiness above 96% for over 1,200 permanent personnel providing training to staff members and providing medical and dental services to personnel.
2. Advanced to Hospital Corpsman Second Class while attached to command.
3. Provided 530 hours of on the job training to 2 technicians on dental treatment, dental x-rays and sterilization procedures increasing productivity and diversity for the department.
4. Maintained operational readiness above 96% as forerunner for medical and dental providing healthcare services to over 1,200 permanent personnel.
5. Managed an annual budget of $20K ensuring the dental department was equipped to provide quality care during deployment.
6. Prevented supply shortage creating one MS Excel sheet tracking on-hand supplies and projecting supplies valued at $100K required to be ordered prior to shortage of fund at the end of fiscal year allocation.
7. Increased space utilization by more than 50% organizing two dental storerooms, three operatories and one dental prosthetic laboratory with supplies valued at over $250K awarded personal award for efforts during deployment.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

Healthcare Administration

Description :

1. Established professional rapport with patients, recording examinations and treatment information in patient record as relayed by dentist Sterilized instruments, materials, and equipment and prepared surgical trays.
2. Maintained operatory and dental equipment in a clean and operable condition; properly stores and maintains adequate levels of supplies.
3. Prepared and arranged all instruments and materials needed for each treatment; prepared patient and operatory.
4. Took and recorded blood pressure and pulse of patients before and after treatment.
5. Assisted dentist at chair side; passing instruments and materials to and retrieved from the dentist, kept area of operation clear using high speed evacuator, suction tip, and irrigation.
6. Maintained aseptic condition; stabilizes tissue for dentist; cut sutures.
7. Performed intra-oral procedures as directed by dentist; taking preliminary impressions for study models, removes sutures, and places and removed rubber dams, periopacks, and matrix bands and wedges.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Senior

Education

Diploma

Description :

1. Red Cross Volunteer with approximately 1,500 chair side hours as a dental technician.
2. Scheduled and confirmed appointments, received patients and kept treatment records.
3. Made patients as comfortable as possible in the dental chair, prepared them for treatment, and obtained dental records.
4. Handed instruments and materials to dentists, and kept patients' mouths dry and clear by using suction devices.
5. Sterilized and disinfected instruments and equipment, prepared tray setups for dental procedures, and instructed patients on postoperative and general oral health care.
6. Prepared materials for making impressions and restorations, exposed radiographs, and processed dental x-ray film as directed by a dentist (also trained in digital x-rays).
7. Removed sutures, applied anesthetics to gums or cavity-preventive agents to teeth, removed excess cement used in the filling process, and placed rubber dams on the teeth to isolate them for individual treatment.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

Dental Program

Description :

1. Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.
2. Fabricate, alter, or repair dental devices, such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, or appliances for straightening teeth.
3. Remove excess metal or porcelain and polish surfaces of prostheses or frameworks, using polishing machines.
4. Melt metals or mix plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes and pour materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatus.
5. Build and shape wax teeth, using small hand instruments and information from observations or dentists' specifications.
6. Test appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion, using articulators and micrometers.
7. Place tooth models on apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to evaluate functionality of model.
8. Apply porcelain paste or wax over prosthesis frameworks or setups, using brushes and spatulas.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

General Education

Description :

1. Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.
2. Fabricate, alter, or repair dental devices, such as full and partial dentures and other removable appliance Test appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion, using articulators and micrometers.
3. Place tooth models on apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to evaluate functionality of model.
4. Create a model of patient's mouth by pouring plaster into a dental impression and allowing plaster to set.
5. Apply porcelain paste or wax over prosthesis frameworks or setups, using brushes and spatulas.
6. Fill chipped or low spots in surfaces of devices, using acrylic resins.
7. Prepare wax bite blocks and impression trays for use.
8. Mold wax over denture setups to form the full contours of artificial gums.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

Diploma In Dental

Description :

1. Assisted dental officers with patient treatment to provide treatment to over 1068 patients annually.
2. Assumed demanding responsibilities as the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of Dental Radiology and provided superb dental radiographs with less than one percent retake allowing for timely diagnostics.
3. Performed oral hygiene and managed six dentists' schedules increasing dental care productivity by 10%.
4. Managed the Dental Charge of quarters; ensured 100% availability of dental personnel for after-hours care.
5. Maintained a $1,800 dental surgical supply inventory for six surgical treatment rooms.
6. Deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and provided over 100 hours of expertise/labor in the assembly of the Expeditionary Medical Squadron.
7. Treated 2000 patients including 4 Iraqi POWs requiring care as part of the EMEDS team.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

Diploma

Description :

1. Performed dental technician duties with a focus on Temporomandibular disorders.
2. Answered phone and dispositioned calls appropriately.
3. Scheduled patients for initial and follow up care.
4. Registered new patients in CHCS, Dencast, and internal department programs.
5. Received and directed patients and visitors, answered inquiries and referred to appropriate area.
6. Provided face to face and telephonic customer service regarding clinic/doctor availability, new patient registration, location, operating hours and other concerns.
7. Provided patient guidance with information in regards to preparatory procedural requirements prior to appointments, outpatient guidance and follow-up requirement.
8. Performed a variety of clerical and administrative support within a clinical setting and the administrative setting as the Leading Petty Officer.

Experience

0-2 Years

Level

Entry Level

Education

Associate's In Science

Description :

1. Ceramist, made crown and bridges, custom shading, opaquing copings and mentoring colleagues.
2. Corrective repair of products created by colleagues or other technicians.
3. Took care to ensure workstation was kept at a high state of clealiness and readiness.
4. Product quality improvement processes.
5. Met all scheduled suspenses, received positive feedback on product quality from doctors and patients.
6. Attended seminars on the latest porcelain building technics and processes.
7. Skills Used Accurate anathomical building of porcelain crowns using instruments, brushes and furnaces.
8. Precise custom shading, opaquing metal copings and mentoring others to opaque and work with porcelain buildings.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

Dental Technician

Description :

1. Coordinated and completed packing of the entire Dental Hospitals for mobilization in direct support of two Overseas Humanitarian Missions.
2. Created a fail-safe method for ensuring all required tools, equipment, and other supplies are maintained and purchased in a timely manner.
3. Obtained pictures and required visual aids to be used by all assigned personnel performing inventory checks, and orders.
4. Professional Experience: Maintain all dental and medical equipment and generators.
5. Ensure that all required types of equipment are functioning properly.
6. Repair downed equipment immediately or send out for repair.
7. Assist oral surgeons and dentists through every stage of patient treatment.

Experience

10+ Years

Level

Senior

Education

Bachelor Of Science

Description :

1. Successfully assisted the dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
2. Set up examination room and dental trays in preparation for examinations and procedures.
3. Politely answered phones and scheduled or confirmed office appointments and surgeries.
4. Completed patient paperwork and scanned into Dentrix system.
5. Alerted other staff when patients arrived and prepared records for dentist review.
6. Accurately recorded treatment information in patient records.
7. Assisted dentist in management of medical or dental emergencies when necessary.
8. Diligently cleaned instruments and work areas in accordance with sterilization and disinfectant protocol.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

Engineering Apprentice

Description :

1. Performed professional tasks and oral hygiene duties.
2. Worked in 5 different sections rendering $7.6 million in dental care, resulting in top Air Force clinic for 3 quarters.
3. Provided customer service checking patients in for appointments and assisting with any problems or concerns.
4. Keeping inventory, ordering supplies when necessary.
5. Organized a database accounting for 63 personnel to ensure 100% labor force and funding assurance.
6. Screened and recognized discrepancies of patient records and health histories, correcting discrepancies.
7. Monitored 2,000 local nationals in a deployed location, safeguarding $250k in civil engineering projects.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

Business Administration

Description :

1. Responsible for tracking Lab cases from impression to insert.
2. Adjust custom oral orthotics to match patient's perfect position, and processed Oral Orthodontics.
3. Set up, clean, and maintain laboratory equipment.
4. Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
5. Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
6. Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments and materials.
7. Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, completing insurance forms.
8. Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

Public Health