Dental Assistant Scenarios

Last year, if you were to question where I saw myself in the next few years, my answer wouldn’t have been applying to college. During that time, I had a successful career as a store manager, and for the most part, that was all I could ever see myself doing. I excelled as a store manager, and I enjoyed the frequent interactions with the various diverse individuals that I got to experience. However, I was never elated nor passionate about that career choice. In fact, I can distinctively remember the moments where I would arrive home from work in the late hours of the night, pondering if this was all there was for me.

I possess a motivation that can never fade. I know that anything I put my mind to I can conquer. I have developed a self confidence that can never be broken. And, I undertsand the importance of hardwork. I will utilize these strengths to not only complete the requirements to be the best Dental Assistant but exceed the expectations. I wanted a profession where I can improve the lives of others through their health. Not only will I be given that oppurtunity , I will give people a reason to

Monitoring everything, payroll, billing, human resource, scheduling, follow-up with nurses and employees, doctor requests, communicate with the doctor about patients and pre-authorization documents needed for the plan of care, HMO, training, physical therapy for patients.

Other responsibilities would include the proper handling of requests for medical records. The person taking on this duty would also be responsible for administrating the training and assuring compliance of everyone in the organization.

If you have been considering a Dental Career, you might find that becoming a dental assistant is an excellent way to gain good employment at a reasonably good rate of pay per hour. Not only do well trained dental assistants start at a good rate of pay they also have the opportunity to move up by training as a dental hygienist or even going to a dental school to eventually become a dentist.

I spoke with the pediatric dentist, Dr. Christina McKellar, at the Hinman luncheon about her facility. Dr. McKellar explained to me the facility is very new and opened in the beginning of this year. Their equipment is new and they work electronically. This lets me know the office is modern and up to date facility with a working schedule from 9am-5pm. She also added that they are in dire need of a Spanish speaking dental hygienist, which is no problem for me. We did not speak about salary or benefits, but the working conditions and the location will balance it out. This would be a great practice to get started and gain experience to then move to a facility that pays more but requires

Bedside. RNs must be made aware of which nursing tasks can be delegated and which cannot. Most importantly

Before beginning dental hygiene school, I pictured dental hygienists as people who are just responsible for cleaning teeth, have flexible work hours, and overall dental hygiene being a good family-oriented career. While all of this accurate, I now have a more thorough and greater understanding of dental hygiene after entering this program. In these past two semesters, my view of a dental hygienist has definitely changed in a positive way. The dental hygienists role is not only to clean teeth, but also play an excessive role in educating patients, building relationships, and preventing and treating oral diseases. The mouth is a basic form of the rest of the body’s health, and dental hygienists have a duty to keep that in mind when evaluating

I am not where I would like to be, but I am on the right path to get to where I need be in order to achieve my goals and dreams.

Our teeth are some of the most overworked bones in our body. We use them to grind, gnaw, crush, and pulverize food every day. Despite this workload, we still expect our teeth make us look fabulous when smiling for the camera. Imagine life without teeth. Imagine life with false teeth. Would we smile as much? Would we still enjoy our favorite foods? Let’s explore these questions further as they have played major role in my short career as a registered dental assistant.

I supervise the unit’s operations and oversees specific employees at the BHT II and BHPP II level. I am also part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team to provide recovery-based services for consumers in varying levels of crisis. Others include performing nursing assessment, developing a medical service plan and obtains and executes medication orders from psychiatric prescriber. As an RN supervisor, I oversees and maintains medication and medication records in accordance with Agency policies and State regulations. I also coordinates medical care with psychiatric prescriber and PCP. It is my responsibility to serve as a role model of professional behavior at all times.

In short, we had a lack of students attending the Preview Days because Crater and Butte Falls high schools backed out of the event. The team discussed that there were only about ten students that attended the event. Thank you AHO staff for helping out.

This reflection acts as my fourth reflection since I have started my internship at Comfort Dental under the Guidance of Dr. Trino Nuno. The semester is coming to an end, and I have enjoyed my time at Comfort Dental., I previously had a clinical and administrative internship at Smile Works Dentistry in Rockwall, Texas and I can now tell you that my experience at these two dental practices was incredibly different. At Smile Works, I quickly got used to the way the practice was run because it was not that complicated and I only had one doctor’s schedule to manage. However, at Comfort Dental I still struggle with managing day-to-day functions. The reason I struggle is that Comfort Dental has three doctors and a lot more staff. Also, the computer system that I mastered at Smile Works is not the same computer system that they use at Comfort Dental. I got the chance to use all to same skills in this internship. I answered phones, checked that patient’s insurance plans are eligible to be billed and scanned paper documents into a hard drive.

Conversely, upon doing the volunteer work, I came to find out that the center is not a daycare at all. People confuse it with a daycare because young children stay here while parents and families attend work or school. The center is different from a daycare because there is a curriculum and the staff are teachers. They must obtain a Child Development Credential within one year of hire and must keep up with a personal developmental ladder. The teachers are certified or trained in CPR, first aid, intruders, safety procedures and child abuse and neglect.

“Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond,” (Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1605). Living by this philosophy, I’ve decided that I want to become a dentist. When I made this decision, I knew absolutely nothing about what it was like to be a dentist, and the numerous jobs I could do as one. I thought that every dentist did the same thing, but boy was I wrong. Over the fifteen plus hours I spent shadowing my mentor, Dr. Victor Nitu, I learnt a lot of new stuff that has helped me narrow down what exactly I want to do as a dentist in the future. There are seven possible jobs I will be covering, and each entail a different pay, amount of schooling needed, and job responsibilities.