Michelle Brodeur
Scott City
Summary
Dedicated and experienced Dental Assistant with 6 years of clinical experience providing exceptional patient care and chairside support in a fast-paced dental practice. Skilled in OSHA and HIPPA compliance. Performing monthly maintenance on equipment, ordering supplies for the office, inventory on supplies weekly, maintaining multiple assistants schedules. Helping with front desk as needed and assisting hygiene when needed. Worked in multiple practice locations with multiples staffs and providers. Trainer for new hire dental assistants for multiple practice locations.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Dental Assistant
Aspen Dental
Cape Girardeau, MO
07.2019 - Current
- Supervised daily operations and workflow for dental assistants, ensuring efficiency and high standards of patient care.
- Trained and mentored new staff on protocols, enhancing team performance and service delivery.
- Assisted dentists during procedures, utilizing advanced tools and techniques to improve patient outcomes.
- Maintained compliance with safety regulations and infection control protocols within the practice.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
- Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
- Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
Education
Dental Assisting - Dental Assisting
Cape CTC
Cape Girardeau, MO02-2019
GED -
Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville, IL2019
Skills
- Appointment scheduling
- Infection control proficiency
- Patient charting
- Endodontic procedures
- Equipment sterilization
- Oral surgery assistance
- Dental radiography
- Oral hygiene education
- Sterilization techniques
- Patient relations
- Patient assessments
- Impression taking
- Prosthodontics experience
- Team collaboration
- Patient management
- Orthodontic support
- Restorative procedures
- Dental impression specialist
- Special needs care
- Preventative care
- Dental software proficiency
- Restorative dentistry
- Fluoride treatments
- Patient intake procedures
- Pediatric dentistry
- Electronic charting
- Prophylaxis
Certification
BLS and CPR
Iterro Scanning for Restorative and Prosthesis
Timeline
Lead Dental Assistant
Aspen Dental
07.2019 - Current
Dental Assisting - Dental Assisting
Cape CTC
GED -
Southwestern Illinois College