Assistant Dental
Resume:
Robin L. Sorrell
**** ***** ******* **** ? Gilbert, Arizona 85204 ? 602-***-****
PROFILE
Goal directed, results-oriented professional with background in clinical
dental assisting and compliance education. Skilled communicator,
persuasive and adaptable. Self-motivated with initiative and focus. Able
to listen and identify issues or problem areas and form innovative
solutions. Professional, personable, and articulate in presentation.
Areas of strength include:
. Comprehensive Dental Assisting Knowledge
. Problem solving/Decision Making
. Communication/Facilitation
. Client/Community Relations
. Multitasking/Goal and teamwork oriented
. Work independently and enthusiastically
. Display a self motivated work ethic
. Documentation/Writing
. Systematic and detail oriented
. Team Leadership/Project Management
EXPERIENCE
Dental Assistant, General and Orthodontics
Tempe Smiles Dental Care - Tempe Arizona
April 1st - Present
Key Responsiblities:
. General Dental Assistant
o Take impressions, pour up models, make essix retainers, make and
cement temporary crowns, take impressions for Invisalign, take
panoramic x-rays, assist in implant placements, general
chairside functions
. Part Time Orthodontic Assistant
o Take impressions for fixed and removable appliances, make essix
retainers, take panoramic x-rays, take impressions for
Invisalign, pour up and trim models for presentation, place
models on articulators for presentation, change ties, ligature
wires, archwires, activate fixed appliances, OHI for all
patients, new and existing
Regional Back Office Trainer, Arizona, CPR Instructor
Pacific Dental Services - Arizona Region
January 2013 - December 2013
Key Responsibilities:
. Train Lead Dental Assistants for all of the 50 PDS offices in Arizona,
including Prescott and Tucson Areas
o Advise Lead's on how to maintain inventory in order to be cost
efficient with back office supplies
. Educated Leads on budget control, cost efficiency, using
vendor discounts and adhering to a formulary
. Coached on how to review and approve invoices and
statements for payment
. Guided Leads in how to read Profit and Loss statements
monthly, and what they indicate
o Trained Leads in leadership skills and back office management
o Trained Lead in all areas of compliance such as:
. OSHA compliance for clinical employees
. Insurance Companies' standards of compliance for their
clients
. State Radiation compliance for patients and employees
. Prepared office facilities for OSHA, State Radiation, and
Insurance back office compliance
. Set - Up brand new offices in Arizona for the company
. Trained Doctors and Assts in CEREC CAD/CAM usage and process
. Taught Monthly Employee workshops
.
. Taught monthly dental assisting workshops for chairside general and
orthodontic DAs
o To include making temporary crowns, impressions for general and
ortho, pouring, trimming models, making vacuum formed appliances
and retainers, taking x-rays, infection control, basic charting
for general dentistry and orthodontics
. Held CPR classes for company employees when needed
. Client/dental sales relations - helped placed dental orders for
company, correspondence with dental sales reps
Program Director, Extern Coordinator, AHA CPR/First Aid Coordinator,
Instructor
Brookline College - Phoenix Campus, Dental Assistant Program
June 2010 - October 2012
Key Responsibilities:
. Develop brand new curriculum for the start of the new dental assistant
program
o Fulfill course objectives produced by textbook publishers and
Chief Academic Officers
o Build and compile labs for the lab portion of the courses
o Review and revise and curriculum that needs changing according
to ever changing needs of the dental industry
. Build and maintain inventory for clinical and non-clinical portions of
the program including purchase and distribution of books and uniforms
. In - class/lab instruction and management
o Taught all dental assistant courses including Pharmacology and
Human Anatomy
o Taught all specialty courses (classes and labs) including
periodontics, orthodontics, and endodontics
. Prepare, complete, and submit reports using spreadsheets
. Hire, interview, train, mentor, and supervise new instructors with a
teamwork approach and build/maintain a teamwork environment
. Generate new and innovative ideas for the company to grow as a whole
. Organize, arrange, and chair regular Advisory Board Meetings along
with acquiring its members
. As an Extern Coordinator:
o Locate and secure contracts for new and existing (renewing)
extern sites
o Coordinate student placement on extern sites
o Facilitate student extern meetings and extern site meetings as
needed
o Provide adequate evaluation visits to students and sites as
needed
. CPR Coordinator
o Teach CPR and Environment First Aid as needed
o Track all allied health faculty's CPR instructor certification
and schedule renewal or initial instructor trainings as needed
Lead Instructor/Extern Coordinator/Program Facilitator
Fortis College - Phoenix Campus, Dental Assistant Program
September 2008-April 2010
Key Responsibilities:
. Develop brand new curriculum for new a dental assistant according to
the requirements set forth by the company plan for the program
. Build and maintain inventory for the dental assistant clinical, non-
clinical, and radiography labs
. In-class/lab instruction and management
o Taught all dental assistant courses including Pharmacology and
Human Anatomy
o Taught all specialty courses (classes and labs) including
periodontics, orthodontics, and endodontics
. Locate extern sites i.e. Dental Facilities for entry level,
prospective graduating dental assisting students
. Prepare, complete, and submit weekly reports using spreadsheets
. Create and prepare forms, documents, and clinical contracts needed for
the dental assistant program as a whole
. Trained, mentored, and supervised new instructors with a teamwork
approach and build a teamwork environment
Extern Coordinator/Site Evaluator
The Bryman School of Arizona, Dental Assistant Program, Phoenix, Arizona
April 2008-June 2008
Key Responsibilities:
. Locate extern sites i.e. Dental Facilities for eligible dental
assistant students and coordinate the student's placement;
. Interact with sites that currently have students in their facility;
. Arrange and execute site visits which entailed visiting students on
site, evaluating the site, and completing a grade/evaluation report on
student and his/her progress;
. Build site-school rapport and maintain relationship and tranquility
between student, school, and site.
. Instructor of CPR classes;
. Prepare and complete weekly reports of students and their progress
using spreadsheets
Dental Assistant March 2004-April 2008
Dr. Terry Belden D.D.S., Office of General and Cosmetic Dentistry, Phoenix,
Arizona
Key responsibilities:
. Performed all dental assistant functions chairside
. Take blood pressures and heart rate;
. Took and poured up impressions and bite registrations, fabricate and
properly trimmed study models and mount on articulators;
. Performed ZOOM (in-office) bleaching independently under in-direct
supervision, computer literate with Dentrix and Schick, expose and
mount radiographs, teeth and note charting, present oral hygiene
education.
Orthodontic Assistant March 2004-July 2006
Dr. Tyler Robison D.M.D., Robison Orthodontics, Mesa, Arizona
Key responsibilities:
. Made teeth impressions and bite registrations for records, models
and/or appliances. Took diagnostic intra/extra oral photos, expose
panoramic and cephalometric radiographs, and traced and measured
cephalometric radiographs;
. Placed and removed spacers (separators), poured-up and trimmed models,
fitted, placed and removed bands, brackets, archwires, and other
orthodontic appliances such as lingual bars, herbst appliances,
expanders (RPEs), etc., ligating brackets and archwires, adjusting and
polishing
removable retainers and headgears, take PVS impressions for
Invisalign, place composite based attachments for Invisalign
Dental Assistant/Orthodontic Assistant October 29, 2002-March 2004
Southwest Dental Group, Office of General Dentistry and Specialties
including Orthodontics, Scottsdale, Arizona
. Fabricated, cemented, and removed temporary crowns and bridges, made
bleach trays, traced cephalometric radiographs, fabricated and trimmed
study models, trained in orthodontic assisting as well as training new
assistants, made recall appointments.
Dental Assistant May 29, 2001-September 5, 2002
Dr. James Trichak D.D.S., Office of General Dentistry, Phoenix, Arizona
. Set up exam rooms, perform oral cancer exams, prepare charts, make
teeth impressions, pour molds, fabricate crowns, polish teeth,
sterilization procedures, ordering supplies, inventory management and
lab work;
. Adjust/polish dentures and partials, adjust crowns out of mouth,
exposed radiographs, mixed up various dental materials in preparations
for particular restorations, placed pit and fissure sealants;
. Presented oral hygiene education
Externship
Obtained hands-on experience as a health care professional in an
administrative and clinical capacity.
Dr. James Trichak D.D.S., Phoenix, Arizona April 10-May 10, 2001
. Office of General Dentistry
Dr. Kathleen Crowley D.D.S., Glendale, Arizona March 26- April 5, 2001
. Office of General Dentistry
Americare Dental Centers, MetroCenter Mall, Phoenix, Arizona
February 26-March 21, 2001
. Office of General Dentistry
Dr. David Hunter D.D.S., Glendale, Arizona January 22-February 22, 2001
. Office of Orthodontics
EDUCATION
Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona Graduated - May 2001
Associate Degree of Applied Science in Dental Assisting
GPA - 4.0
Relevant Coursework:
. Pre-clinical Dental Assisting
. Pharmacology
. Medical Emergencies in Dental Office
. Clinical Dental Assisting, Dental Materials
. Radiography
. Dental Office Management
. Oral Pathology
Certifications and Continued Education:
. CPR Certified, CPR Instructor Certified
. Pearsons Online Instructor Training-2008
. Certified to expose Radiographs in the state of Arizona-2001
. Invisalign Training, Scottsdale, Arizona - 2004
. Certified Dental Assistant by Dental Assisting National Board - 2013 -
2014
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Word 2007, 2010, Excel 2007, 2010, Powerpoint 2007, 2010, Outlook 97,
2010, Dentrix 11 and G4, G5, Familiar with Dolphin Systems for orthodontic
charting, Schick Digital Systems, Dexis Digital systems, CEREC 4.0, 4.2 for
Bluecam and Omnicam
REFERENCES
Dr. Tyler Robison DDS
Orthodontist of Private Practice
1635 North Greenfield Road Ste 103
Mesa, AZ 85205
Jeanette Foody, BA.,NRCCS, CCMA, CPT
Director of Allied Health, Kaplan College
20486 North 262nd Avenue
Buckeye, AZ
Steve Peterson, M.Ed., MAIS
Director of Education, Fortis College
555 North 18th Street #110
Phoenix, Arizona
Terry D. Belden D.D.S.
Dentist of Private General Practice
4901 North 44th Street #100
Phoenix, AZ
Nathan Hollis II, M.Ed. Curriculum Designer
and Developer, Grand Canyon University
3300 West Camelback Road
Phoenix, Arizona
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