Jamie Smith
(555) 214-8837
[email protected]
Columbus, OH
Profile
Helped more than 340 patients complete restorative and preventive treatment plans during a clinical residency at Lakeshore Community Health Center, earning a 4.8-out-of-5 patient satisfaction score across eight consecutive monthly reviews. Doctor of Dental Surgery graduate with clinical training in Henry Schein Dentrix and direct experience assisting attending dentists with composite restorations, single-tooth extractions, and full-mouth radiographic exams. Brings a working knowledge of infection-control protocols and a natural ability to walk anxious patients through treatment options in plain language.
Professional Experience
Dental Resident (General Practice), Lakeshore Community Health Center, Columbus, OH | July 2023 – Present
- Assisted attending dentists in examining teeth, gums, and soft tissue on an average of 12 patients per day, logging clinical findings directly into Henry Schein Dentrix for same-visit review.
- Documented draft treatment plans for 47 assigned patients over the first six months, organizing each record with current radiographs, periodontal charting, and proposed procedure codes before the attending dentist reviewed and finalized.
- Supported four composite restoration procedures per week under direct supervision, preparing the operative field, mixing materials, and verifying shade selection with the supervising clinician.
- Helped administer local anesthetic (inferior alveolar and buccal infiltration blocks) during simple extraction cases, cross-checking contraindications against the patient’s medical history before each injection.
- Organized infection-control instrument logs for a clinic bay serving up to 18 patients daily, verifying that autoclave cycle printouts matched the sterilization schedule before any cassette was returned to use.
- Reviewed written prescriptions drafted by attending dentists for antibiotics and analgesics, checking dosage ranges against clinic formulary guidelines before the supervising doctor countersigned.
- Advised patients on home-care routines, oral hygiene aids, and dietary habits during post-procedure consultations, covering eight patients per week with individualized verbal and printed instructions.
Dental School Clinic Extern, Riverstone Family Dental, Columbus, OH | January 2023 – May 2023
- Assisted licensed dentists with full-mouth radiographic series on 23 pediatric and adult patients across a five-week rotation, positioning digital sensors and entering exposure settings in the practice’s ACE Dental system.
- Tracked patient recall schedules for a 30-person active patient roster, logging appointment compliance and flagging overdue recare visits to the front-desk coordinator.
- Supported two root canal procedures as a chairside assistant, organizing endodontic instrument trays, maintaining suction, and documenting working-length measurements as directed by the treating dentist.
- Compiled weekly supply-use reports for the lead dentist, counting and logging inventory of composite syringes, bonding agents, and disposables across three operatories.
- Helped draft patient-education handouts covering post-extraction care and scaling and root planing aftercare, which the supervising dentist reviewed and approved for distribution.
Key Skills
- Oral examination and radiographic interpretation (periapical, bitewing, panoramic X-rays)
- Restorative procedures (composite and amalgam fillings, temporary crowns)
- Practice management software (Henry Schein Dentrix, ACE Dental)
- Local anesthesia administration (block and infiltration techniques)
- Infection control and OSHA sterilization protocols
- Patient education and preventive counseling
- Critical thinking and clinical judgment under supervising dentist
- Treatment plan documentation and chart notation
- Active listening and patient communication across diverse populations
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) | The Ohio State University College of Dentistry | May 2023
- Ohio State Dental License | Ohio State Dental Board | August 2023
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in Dentistry
The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, OH | August 2019 – May 2023
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Miami University, Oxford, OH | August 2015 – May 2019
Alex Johnson
(555) 284-9163
[email protected]
Nashville, TN
Profile
Switched the clinic’s patient charting workflow from paper-based intake forms to Henry Schein Dentrix during a six-month externship at Piedmont Oral Health Group, cutting average chart-prep time per appointment by roughly 11 minutes across a 14-operatory practice. Holds a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, with chairside training spanning composite restorations, full-mouth radiographic series, and basic surgical extractions under licensed attending supervision. Comfortable explaining multi-step treatment plans to anxious patients in plain language, which helped the externship site’s post-visit satisfaction scores climb to 94% for the student-assisted chairs over one semester.
Professional Experience
Dental Extern (Supervised Clinical Rotation), Piedmont Oral Health Group, Nashville, TN | August 2023 – May 2024
- Assisted three licensed general dentists across 14 operatories, supporting diagnostic exams on an average of nine patients per day using mirrors, explorers, and periodontal probes to flag caries, gingival inflammation, and occlusal wear patterns for attending review.
- Documented patient health histories, updated medical alerts, and entered clinical findings into Dentrix after each appointment, maintaining a chart-completion rate of 100% before the patient left the chair on 47 consecutive clinic days.
- Supported attending dentists during Class II composite restorations by mixing bonding agents, maintaining a dry field with cotton rolls and saliva ejectors, and logging material lot numbers for infection-control records.
- Verified that informed-consent forms were signed and that allergy flags matched the prescription before the attending submitted antibiotic or analgesic orders for post-procedural care, catching two mismatched allergy entries across the rotation.
- Helped explain two-visit crown procedures to patients using mounted model demonstrations, which the site coordinator noted reduced same-day cancellations for scheduled prep appointments among the student chairs.
- Organized sterilization cycle logs for the assigned operatory bay, cross-checking autoclave printout timestamps against instrument tray checklists to confirm compliance with Tennessee Department of Health inspection criteria.
- Reviewed panoramic and periapical radiographs alongside the attending, logging preliminary observations (bone level, root morphology, radiolucencies) into the chart before the licensed dentist recorded the final diagnostic interpretation.
Dental Assistant (Part-Time), Blue Ridge Family Dentistry, Knoxville, TN | May 2022 – July 2023
- Assisted the lead dentist during pediatric prophylaxis appointments for patients ages four through 12, preparing fluoride varnish trays and tracking topical application records for 38 active pediatric charts.
- Logged daily instrument counts before and after surgical extraction procedures, confirming tray accuracy on every case and escalating any discrepancy to the office manager within 15 minutes of procedure close.
- Supported patient intake by collecting chief complaints, recording blood pressure readings, and routing updated medication lists to the attending before each appointment, covering six new-patient visits per week.
- Compiled monthly supply consumption reports by counting unit quantities of gloves, masks, and disposable barriers used per operatory, giving the office manager accurate data to place bimonthly orders without overstocking.
- Drafted post-extraction care instruction sheets in plain language for patients who received mandibular third-molar extractions, with the lead dentist reviewing and approving each version before distribution.
- Helped seat and dismiss patients during nitrous oxide sedation appointments, monitoring respiratory rate at two-minute intervals per practice protocol and logging observations on the sedation monitoring sheet for the attending’s signature.
Key Skills
- Radiographic imaging interpretation (periapical, bitewing, panoramic)
- Chairside four-handed dentistry technique
- Dental charting and EHR documentation (Henry Schein Dentrix)
- Periodontal probing and soft-tissue assessment
- Infection prevention and instrument sterilization workflows
- Patient anxiety management and plain-language treatment communication
- Prescription drafting for antibiotics and analgesics under attending review
- Composite and amalgam restorative material handling
- Critical thinking and differential diagnosis for common oral pathologies
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | May 2024
- Tennessee Dental License | Tennessee Board of Dentistry | August 2024
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in Dentistry
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry, Memphis, TN | August 2020 – May 2024
Bachelor of Science in Biology (Pre-Dental Concentration)
Belmont University, Nashville, TN | August 2016 – May 2020
Taylor Lee
(555) 304-7821
[email protected]
Phoenix, AZ
Profile
Promoted from associate dentist to lead clinician at Sonoran Dental Group within two years, taking on full clinical autonomy across a 1,200-patient active roster. Fluent in Henry Schein Dentrix for treatment planning, scheduling, and clinical note documentation. Brings a direct chair-side style that consistently earns patient retention above the practice benchmark, with three consecutive annual audits showing full compliance across infection-control and billing records.
Professional Experience
Lead General Dentist, Sonoran Dental Group, Phoenix, AZ | March 2022 – Present
- Manage clinical care for roughly 1,200 active patients across two operatories, coordinating with two hygienists and a dental assistant to maintain a 96% same-day treatment acceptance rate.
- Perform an average of 18 restorative procedures per week, including Class I–IV composite restorations, porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns, and fixed bridge placements.
- Diagnose and treat periodontal disease through scaling and root planing, achieving documented pocket-depth improvement in 83% of Stage II patients at six-month re-evaluation.
- Conduct full-mouth radiographic series and interpret findings using Dentrix imaging module, logging all diagnostic notes within 24 hours of each appointment.
- Write prescriptions for antibiotics and analgesics following post-surgical and infection-related appointments, averaging 11 prescriptions per month with zero pharmacy clarification callbacks in the past year.
- Redesigned the practice’s patient-recall notification workflow in coordination with front-office staff, cutting lapsed-care gaps by 31 patients over one calendar year.
- Mentor one associate dentist hired in 2023, conducting weekly case reviews covering radiographic interpretation, treatment sequencing, and informed-consent documentation.
Associate General Dentist, Sonoran Dental Group, Phoenix, AZ | July 2020 – February 2022
- Delivered comprehensive exams, prophylaxis, and restorative care under the clinical oversight of the practice owner, building an assigned panel from 0 to 480 patients in 19 months.
- Performed single-visit direct composite restorations on posterior teeth, completing 12 to 15 per week and maintaining a re-treatment rate of under 2% across the first year.
- Administered inferior alveolar nerve blocks and maxillary infiltrations before all invasive procedures, documenting anesthetic type, dose, and patient response in Dentrix for every case.
- Screened patients for oral cancer and mucosal abnormalities at each comprehensive exam, referring four patients to an oral surgeon for biopsy within the first 18 months.
- Educated patients on individualized home-care plans covering brushing technique, interdental cleaning, and dietary sugar frequency, contributing to a 14-point drop in the practice’s mean plaque-index score at six-month recall visits.
- Followed OSHA and CDC infection-control protocols for instrument sterilization and surface disinfection, with the operatory bay passing all three internal compliance audits conducted during this period.
Dental Extern (Graduate Clinical Rotation), Mountain Vista Community Health Clinic, Tempe, AZ | January 2020 – May 2020
- Completed 320 supervised clinical hours treating underserved adult and pediatric patients across restorative, preventive, and emergency-care appointments.
- Examined teeth and soft tissues for 67 patients during the rotation, presenting written differential diagnoses and proposed treatment sequences to supervising faculty before each procedure.
- Exposed and mounted full-mouth periapical series on 29 patients, practicing paralleling technique and discussing exposure settings with the attending radiologist.
- Seated and placed eight direct composite restorations under faculty supervision, progressing to independent placement for the final six weeks of the rotation.
- Drafted patient-specific treatment plans in the clinic’s eClinicalWorks EHR, earning a faculty evaluation score of 4.7 out of 5.0 for documentation accuracy.
- Counseled Spanish-speaking patients on post-extraction wound care using bilingual handouts, reducing after-hours emergency callbacks from that patient subgroup to zero during the rotation period.
Key Skills
- Full-mouth examination and caries risk assessment
- Restorative and prosthodontic procedures (crowns, bridges, direct composites)
- Nitrous oxide and local anesthetic delivery
- Periapical and panoramic radiograph acquisition and interpretation
- Treatment planning and case presentation to patients
- Henry Schein Dentrix EHR documentation and scheduling
- Antibiotic and analgesic prescription writing
- Periodontal therapy and soft-tissue management
- Patient counseling on preventive home-care regimens
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) License, State of Arizona | Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners | June 2020
- DEA Controlled Substance Registration | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | August 2020
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) in Dentistry
Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, A.T. Still University, Mesa, AZ | August 2016 – May 2020
Bachelor of Science in Biology
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | August 2012 – May 2016
Jordan Brown
(555) 412-7839
[email protected]
Minneapolis, MN
Profile
Specializes in pediatric oral health, where behavior-guidance techniques and age-appropriate treatment sequencing determine whether a six-year-old leaves the chair trusting dentistry or dreading it. Trained in Tell-Show-Do and nitrous oxide anxiolysis, and fluent in Henry Schein Dentrix for clinical documentation and scheduling across a high-volume private practice. Builds recall rates by pairing clear preventive education with treatment plans families can actually follow, and has maintained a patient satisfaction score above 4.7 out of 5 across three consecutive annual surveys at two separate practices.
Professional Experience
Associate Pediatric Dentist, Northbrook Children’s Dental Specialists, Minneapolis, MN | August 2021 – Present
- Manage a daily schedule of 16 to 20 pediatric patients ranging from infants through adolescents, performing exams, prophylaxis, restorations, extractions, and pulpotomies under a single roof without specialist referral delays.
- Placed 214 stainless steel crowns across the 2023 calendar year, with fewer than three requiring re-cement or replacement within the 12-month recall window.
- Introduced a CAMBRA-based caries risk form into the Dentrix intake workflow, giving hygienists a standardized scoring tool that flags high-risk patients for fluoride varnish at every visit rather than only at recall.
- Diagnose and treat early-childhood caries in patients as young as 18 months, collaborating with the attending oral surgeon for cases requiring general anesthesia; coordinated seven OR cases in 2023 alone.
- Counsel parents on weaning from nocturnal bottle feeding, limiting fermentable carbohydrates, and establishing a twice-daily brushing routine, covering these points in a scripted five-minute parent debrief after each exam.
- Write prescriptions for amoxicillin, clindamycin, and ibuprofen following the practice’s evidence-based antibiotic stewardship checklist, verified by the supervising dentist before electronic transmission.
- Maintained a patient satisfaction rating of 4.8 out of 5 on Google Reviews (287 reviews attributed to the practice during tenure) by keeping wait times below 10 minutes and explaining each procedure step before performing it.
General Dentist, Clearwater Family & Pediatric Dental, St. Paul, MN | June 2019 – July 2021
- Delivered general dental care across all age groups while dedicating roughly 40 percent of chair time to pediatric patients, honing behavior-guidance skills before transitioning to a pediatric-only setting.
- Performed full-mouth examinations, evaluated digital radiographs, and formulated written treatment plans for patients from age four through adulthood, documenting all findings in eClinicalWorks EHR.
- Achieved a 91 percent treatment acceptance rate for pediatric restorative cases by presenting visual aids and using plain-language cost breakdowns during parent consultations.
- Applied 178 silver diamine fluoride treatments during the first 12 months after the practice adopted the protocol, arresting active caries in 68 of those cases confirmed by six-month follow-up radiographs.
- Collaborated with two registered dental hygienists to schedule sealant appointments for at-risk school-age patients, sealing 312 permanent molars over the two-year tenure.
- Enforced OSHA infection-control standards by auditing PPE compliance and autoclave spore-test logs weekly, with zero failed spore tests recorded across the entire employment period.
Dental Resident, Pediatric Dentistry Rotation, Hennepin Healthcare Dental Clinic, Minneapolis, MN | July 2018 – May 2019
- Completed a 12-month general practice residency with a concentrated pediatric rotation, logging 340 clinical hours in the pediatric operatory under direct attending supervision.
- Performed primary tooth extractions, space maintainer evaluations, and interceptive orthodontic screenings on 95 pediatric patients drawn from a safety-net population with limited prior dental contact.
- Mastered inferior alveolar nerve blocks and buccal infiltrations for mandibular primary molars, reducing patient reported pain scores (Wong-Baker FACES scale) to a three or below in 87 percent of extraction cases.
- Documented treatment plans and progress notes in ABELDent within four hours of each appointment, meeting the clinic’s same-day charting requirement across all 12 months with no late entries flagged by the compliance officer.
- Presented a 20-minute case study on early-childhood caries epidemiology at the residency’s monthly Grand Rounds, incorporating data from 30 cases seen during the rotation.
- Worked alongside attending pediatric dentists during nitrous oxide cases for high-anxiety patients, monitoring titration levels and documenting pre- and post-sedation vital signs for each of 41 sedation appointments.
Key Skills
- Pediatric behavior guidance (Tell-Show-Do, voice control, positive reinforcement)
- Nitrous oxide anxiolysis and block anesthesia for primary dentition
- Caries risk stratification using CAMBRA protocols
- Stainless steel crown placement and pulpotomy technique
- Radiographic interpretation (bitewing, occlusal, panoramic)
- Dentrix scheduling, chart notation, and treatment-plan documentation
- Prescription management for antibiotics, analgesics, and fluoride supplements
- Parent and caregiver counseling on eruption timelines and dietary habits
- Space maintainer design and clinical placement
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) License, State of Minnesota | Minnesota Board of Dentistry | June 2018
- Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Analgesia Permit | Minnesota Board of Dentistry | August 2018
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in Dentistry
University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Minneapolis, MN | August 2014 – May 2018
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI | August 2010 – May 2014
Morgan Davis
(555) 847-2193
[email protected]
Baltimore, MD
Profile
Licensed DDS with board certification in cosmetic dentistry and eight years of clinical experience across private group practices in the Mid-Atlantic region. Fluent in Henry Schein Dentrix for full treatment-plan workflows and patient scheduling, with particular depth in porcelain veneer design, composite bonding, and in-office whitening protocols. Maintains a patient retention rate above 87% at current practice by pairing precise diagnostic judgment with clear, jargon-free treatment conversations that turn anxious first-time visitors into long-term patients.
Professional Experience
Cosmetic Dentist, Tidewater Dental Arts, Baltimore, MD | March 2020 – Present
- Deliver full-spectrum cosmetic and restorative care for a patient base of roughly 1,400 active charts, performing an average of 22 veneer placements per month across single-tooth and full-arch cases.
- Redesigned the in-office whitening intake protocol, cutting average chair time per whitening session by 18 minutes while raising same-day case acceptance to 73%.
- Diagnose and treatment-plan every new patient using a structured full-mouth examination that integrates digital periapical series, periodontal probing, and smile-design photographs to produce a documented care roadmap before the second appointment.
- Placed 340-plus composite bonding restorations since joining the practice, with a re-treatment rate of 4% over four years based on internal chart audits.
- Administer mandibular block and maxillary infiltration anesthesia for all restorative procedures and document every anesthetic episode, dosage, and patient response in Dentrix at the close of each appointment.
- Mentored two associate dentists on shade-selection technique and direct composite layering, reducing their average case-revision requests by one per week within three months of structured coaching.
- Write and review all prescriptions for post-procedure analgesics and antibiotics, verifying drug-allergy flags in the Dentrix health history before every submission.
Associate General Dentist, Chesapeake Bay Dental Group, Annapolis, MD | July 2016 – February 2020
- Examined, diagnosed, and treated an average patient volume of 16 to 20 patients per day across two operatories, managing caries, periodontal disease, and elective cosmetic cases in a single-provider schedule.
- Introduced a digital shade-tab photography system that reduced lab-communication errors on crown and veneer orders by 31% over the 12 months following rollout.
- Performed 60-plus implant crown restorations in collaboration with a referring oral surgeon, consistently seating final restorations within the manufacturer’s occlusal tolerance specifications.
- Counseled patients on preventive home-care strategies, including evidence-based brushing technique, interproximal cleaning, and fluoride selection, contributing to a 19-point drop in the practice’s average DMFT score for recall patients between 2017 and 2019.
- Maintained complete and accurate EHR records using eClinicalWorks for 900-plus patient charts, ensuring that medical history updates, treatment notes, and radiographic interpretations were finalized the same day as each visit.
- Collaborated with the front-office team to triage same-day emergency calls, personally treating 8-to-12 acute pain or trauma cases per week with priority scheduling built into the daily block.
Dental Resident, General Practice, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD | July 2015 – June 2016
- Completed a 12-month ADA-accredited general practice residency, managing 210 patient cases under attending supervision across operative, prosthodontic, periodontal, and oral-surgery rotations.
- Gained proficiency in hospital-based dentistry protocols, including IV sedation monitoring and sterile-field maintenance for operating-room dental procedures, participating in 14 OR cases over the residency year.
- Prepared and presented two case-study reviews at monthly departmental grand rounds, covering differential diagnosis of oral mucosal lesions and treatment sequencing for complex restorative patients.
- Logged and tracked all radiographic findings using the hospital’s EHR platform, achieving a 99% same-session documentation rate for the 12-month residency period per departmental audit.
- Practiced PPE compliance and instrument sterilization procedures under OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen standards, passing all three infection-control spot audits conducted during the residency year without a single deficiency citation.
Key Skills
- Cosmetic treatment planning: veneers, bonding, and whitening
- Shade matching and smile design (digital mock-ups)
- Crown, bridge, and implant-supported restoration placement
- Dentrix treatment-plan documentation and scheduling workflows
- Panoramic and periapical radiograph acquisition and interpretation
- Soft-tissue laser application for gingival contouring
- Block and infiltration anesthesia technique
- Patient communication and informed-consent counseling
- Infection control per CDC/OSHA sterilization standards
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) License, State of Maryland | Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners | July 2015
- Laser Dentistry Proficiency Certificate | Academy of Laser Dentistry | April 2019
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in Dentistry
University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD | August 2011 – May 2015
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA | August 2007 – May 2011
Casey Clark
(555) 314-7892
[email protected]
Denver, CO
Profile
Spent the first year of dental school convinced general practice was the path, then watched an attending oral surgeon reconstruct a patient’s jaw after a traumatic injury and never looked back. Board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon with seven years of post-residency clinical experience spanning private surgical practice and a Level I trauma center. Fluent in Henry Schein Dentrix and eClinicalWorks for surgical charting and treatment-plan documentation. Patients leave the chair with clear discharge instructions, controlled pain, and a follow-up plan they actually understand.
Professional Experience
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Summit Surgical Dental Associates, Denver, CO | August 2020 – Present
- Perform 18–22 surgical procedures per week across two operatories, including third-molar extractions, single-tooth implant placements, and preprosthetic bone grafting, with a 97-case implant survival rate tracked over a 36-month internal audit cycle.
- Introduced virtual surgical planning for orthognathic cases using 3D-printed surgical guides, cutting average intraoperative repositioning time by 40 minutes per bimaxillary case.
- Supervise two rotating oral surgery residents each quarter, conducting weekly case-review sessions and signing off on 300-plus procedure logs per academic year.
- Document all surgical notes, implant lot numbers, and follow-up protocols in Henry Schein Dentrix, keeping chart completion within 24 hours for every case and maintaining a clean record across three consecutive state board facility inspections.
- Collaborate with the on-site periodontist and prosthodontist on full-arch implant cases, reducing average treatment-to-final-restoration timeline to nine months for straightforward arches.
- Administer IV moderate sedation and monitor vitals for 85–90% of outpatient surgical procedures, with zero serious adverse sedation events since joining the practice.
- Counsel patients on post-surgical expectations using a standardized informed-consent conversation that the practice adopted after patient satisfaction scores reached 4.8 out of 5.0 across 210 post-visit surveys in 2023.
Attending Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Rocky Mountain Regional Medical Center, Aurora, CO | July 2017 – July 2020
- Managed the oral and maxillofacial surgery service at a 520-bed Level I trauma center, treating mandibular fractures, Le Fort injuries, and dentoalveolar trauma as part of a rotating attending call schedule covering one week in four.
- Performed open reduction and internal fixation on 63 mandibular fracture cases over three years, with a 91% primary-healing rate confirmed at six-week follow-up imaging.
- Diagnosed and biopsied 27 oral soft-tissue lesions over the appointment period; coordinated specimen routing to the pathology department and communicated results to referring dentists within five business days of report receipt.
- Reduced same-day surgical cancellations from 11 cases in FY2018 to four in FY2019 by restructuring the pre-operative medical clearance checklist and adding a 48-hour nursing pre-call to flag incomplete labs.
- Trained four junior residents per academic cycle on inferior alveolar nerve block technique, surgical flap design, and CBCT interpretation, using a structured competency rubric adopted by the department in 2018.
- Documented all inpatient and outpatient encounters in eClinicalWorks, contributing to a departmental coding accuracy rate of 98.6% verified by the hospital’s compliance audit team in FY2019.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Resident, Lakewood University Hospital Dental Program, Chicago, IL | July 2013 – June 2017
- Completed a four-year integrated MD/OMS residency, logging 1,800-plus surgical procedures including dentoalveolar surgery, implants, preprosthetic procedures, trauma repair, and orthognathic cases.
- Served as chief resident in the final year, coordinating the weekly surgical schedule for six co-residents across three hospital sites and fielding after-hours consult calls from the emergency department.
- Wrote and presented a retrospective outcomes analysis on 114 third-molar extractions complicated by proximity to the inferior alveolar canal, presented at the 2016 AAOMS Annual Scientific Meeting.
- Maintained sterile technique and full PPE protocols across all procedures, with zero documented instrument-count discrepancies during 48 months on service.
- Drafted post-operative care instructions in plain-language formats for extraction, implant, and orthognathic patients, reducing 72-hour callback volume by 28% compared to the previous resident cohort’s baseline.
Key Skills
- Orthognathic and corrective jaw surgery planning
- IV sedation and general anesthesia administration (ACLS-certified)
- Dentoalveolar surgery: third-molar extraction, alveoloplasty, and socket grafting
- Dental implant placement and immediate-load protocols
- Pathology biopsy technique and specimen submission
- Radiographic interpretation: CBCT, panoramic, and lateral cephalometric imaging
- Surgical treatment planning with CAD/CAM virtual surgical guides
- Trauma management: mandibular and midface fracture fixation
- Post-operative complication recognition and clinical decision-making
Certifications
- Board Certification in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) | September 2018
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) | American Heart Association | March 2024
- Deep Sedation and General Anesthesia Permit | Colorado State Board of Dental Examiners | January 2021
Education
Doctor of Medicine (MD) in General Medicine (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Track)
Lakewood University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL | August 2013 – June 2017
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in Dental Surgery
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, Chicago, IL | August 2009 – May 2013
Drew Miller
(555) 304-7182
[email protected]
Houston, TX
Profile
Manages oral health programming for a four-county region serving roughly 180,000 residents across federally qualified health centers, county clinics, and school-based sites in the Gulf Coast area. Trained in epidemiological surveillance using CDC CSTE case-reporting standards and experienced with eClinicalWorks EHR to track population-level caries prevalence, periodontal disease burden, and treatment-access gaps. Cuts the distance between community need and clinical response by translating surveillance data into grant-funded prevention programs that move coverage numbers.
Professional Experience
Dental Public Health Specialist, Gulf Coast Community Health Network, Houston, TX | March 2021 – Present
- Designed and oversees a school-based sealant program across 14 Title I elementary schools, placing sealants on 1,240 second- and sixth-graders in the 2023-24 academic year alone.
- Secured a $310,000 CDC Oral Health Program cooperative agreement in FY2023 by authoring the full application, needs narrative, and logic model; funds three mobile unit operating days per week.
- Tracks caries prevalence for a 27,000-patient active roster in eClinicalWorks, producing quarterly disparity reports that break outcomes by ZIP code, insurance type, and primary language.
- Cut mean wait time for high-risk adult patients from triage referral to first restorative appointment by coordinating a shared scheduling protocol across six FQHC sites, dropping the average wait to 11 days.
- Trains 22 dental hygienists and four general dentists annually on motivational interviewing techniques; post-training observation scores improved to 4.3 out of 5.0 on the MITI fidelity scale.
- Collaborates with Harris County Public Health on two fluoride-in-water advocacy initiatives, contributing oral-health data to three county commissioner briefings since 2022.
- Presents caries-risk disparity findings at the Texas Dental Association Annual Session every year since 2022, with the 2024 abstract accepted for a 20-minute platform presentation.
Public Health Dental Officer, Bayou Area Primary Care Consortium, Beaumont, TX | July 2018 – February 2021
- Provided direct clinical care three days per week at two FQHC sites, completing examinations, restorations, extractions, and preventive services for 1,800 patient visits across FY2020.
- Wrote and submitted a HRSA Health Center Quality Improvement grant in 2019 that funded a dental case-management coordinator position, reducing missed appointment rates at the main clinic from 34% to 19% within 12 months.
- Built a bilingual (English/Spanish) oral-health literacy curriculum used in WIC waiting rooms at seven Southeast Texas offices, reaching approximately 900 caregivers in the first calendar year of deployment.
- Interpreted panoramic and periapical radiograph series for triage-level screenings at three county health fairs, documenting findings for 312 uninsured adults who lacked a dental home.
- Coordinated fluoride varnish application training for 18 pediatric and family medicine nurses at partner primary care clinics, adding 1,100 annual varnish applications to the consortium’s prevention count.
- Maintained infection-control compliance logs across both clinic sites; both locations passed the 2019 and 2020 Texas DSHS facility inspections with zero corrective-action items cited.
Dental Resident, General Practice, Galveston County Hospital District Dental Services, Galveston, TX | July 2016 – June 2018
- Completed a two-year GPR with a public-health track, providing care to medically complex patients including those with uncontrolled diabetes, immunosuppression, and coagulation disorders.
- Performed 640 restorative procedures, 195 extraction cases, and 48 single-tooth implant-stage consultations under attending supervision across the two-year residency period.
- Authored draft antibiotic and analgesic prescriptions for attending review in 100% of cases requiring pharmacological management, building prescribing literacy aligned with CDC antibiotic stewardship guidelines.
- Participated in a county-wide early-childhood caries screening initiative, examining 220 children ages 0-5 at Head Start centers and generating written referral letters to family dentists for 67 children needing follow-up.
- Completed 40 hours of community health didactics covering epidemiology, health disparities, and oral health policy, fulfilling the public-health concentration requirements of the residency program.
Key Skills
- Community oral health needs assessment and CSTE surveillance reporting
- eClinicalWorks EHR population data extraction and dashboard configuration
- Fluoride varnish program design and school-based sealant delivery coordination
- Grant writing and federal/state public health funding cycles (HRSA, CDC PPHF)
- Motivational interviewing for low-literacy and limited-English patient populations
- Epidemiological data interpretation (prevalence rates, disparity indices, BRFSS linkage)
- Treatment planning for medically complex and high-caries-risk adult populations
- Cross-sector coalition building with WIC, Head Start, and county health departments
- Radiograph interpretation: panoramic, periapical, and bitewing series for triage screening
Certifications
- Board Certification in Dental Public Health | American Board of Dental Public Health | November 2020
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers | American Heart Association | January 2024
- Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) Foundational Training | Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers | September 2019
Education
Master of Public Health in Dental Public Health
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX | August 2014 – May 2016
Doctor of Dental Surgery in Dentistry
Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, New Orleans, LA | August 2010 – May 2014
Chris Taylor
(555) 304-7821
[email protected]
Tampa, FL
Profile
Orthodontist with seven years of experience delivering full-scope orthodontic care across private and group practice settings in the Southeast. Skilled in Damon System bracket placement, custom wire bending, and Invisalign Go treatment sequencing for adolescent and adult patients. Maintains a patient load that has grown 40% since 2021 through referral relationships built with 18 general dentist offices, while keeping treatment-outcome scores above the 95th percentile on the AAO Peer Assessment Rating index every year since joining Suncoast.
Professional Experience
Staff Orthodontist, Suncoast Orthodontic Associates, Tampa, FL | March 2020 – Present
- Manage a 780-patient active roster across two clinic locations, delivering banding, bonding, and adjustment appointments five days per week with no third-party scheduling software delays after migrating the practice to OrthoTrac in April 2021.
- Placed Damon System brackets on 214 new-start patients in 2023, achieving a mean total treatment time of 19.6 months against a practice benchmark of 22 months.
- Expanded the Invisalign Go program from 12% to 33% of new-patient starts between January 2021 and December 2023 by introducing same-day ClinCheck preview appointments for adult consultations.
- Coordinated 31 surgical-orthodontic cases with two area oral surgeons over the past four years, authoring pre-surgical and post-surgical arch wire sequencing plans that reduced average post-op finishing time by six weeks.
- Conduct monthly lunch-and-learn visits to eight referring general dental offices, a program credited by practice management with a 40% growth in new-patient referrals since 2021.
- Train two orthodontic assistants each quarter on iTero scanning protocol, cutting average scan-to-ClinCheck submission time from 72 hours to under 24 hours.
- Maintain full PPE and sterilization compliance with CDC and OSHA standards across both operatory bays, with zero infection-control citations in three state board inspections (2021, 2022, 2024).
Associate Orthodontist, Palmetto Smiles Orthodontics, Charlotte, NC | July 2017 – February 2020
- Treated 420 patients across a single-doctor practice, managing all phases of care from records and diagnosis through debond and retention appliance delivery.
- Introduced digital impression scanning with an iTero Element unit, eliminating polyvinylsiloxane impression material for new records and cutting patient chair time at the records appointment by 14 minutes.
- Diagnosed and treatment-planned 63 Class II Division 1 cases, selecting Herbst appliance therapy for 27 skeletally immature patients and tracking skeletal correction with serial cephalometric superimpositions every six months.
- Wrote prescriptions for analgesics and anti-inflammatory medications following orthognathic surgery within the practice’s post-surgical protocol, averaging 11 post-op prescriptions per month.
- Built a Spanish-language case-presentation folder with translated consent forms and appliance-care instructions, improving signed-consent completion at the same visit from 61% to 88% among Spanish-speaking families.
- Collaborated with the practice owner to redesign the financial-coordinator script for presenting treatment fees, contributing to a 22% rise in same-day case acceptance during the first six months after rollout.
Orthodontic Resident, Medical University of South Carolina Department of Orthodontics, Charleston, SC | July 2015 – June 2017
- Completed 145 full orthodontic treatment cases from initial examination through retention under faculty supervision, including 12 adult cases involving periodontal co-management.
- Performed cephalometric tracings and arch-length discrepancy analyses on 90 new patient records, presenting findings and proposed treatment plans at weekly department case conferences.
- Delivered local anesthetic for banding appointments and minor oral procedures, applying topical and infiltration techniques across pediatric and adult age groups.
- Authored a retrospective poster presentation examining treatment efficiency in high-angle Class III cases, selected for display at the 2017 AAO Annual Session in San Diego.
- Logged bracket placement on 78 full-fixed appliance cases using both Damon and MBT prescriptions, developing proficiency in torque and angulation adjustments for individualized finishing.
Key Skills
- Fixed and removable appliance therapy (Damon System, self-ligating brackets, Herbst appliance)
- Clear aligner treatment planning (Invisalign, ClinCheck software)
- Cephalometric and panoramic radiograph interpretation
- Digital orthodontic records: iTero intraoral scanning and OrthoTrac charting
- Surgical orthodontics coordination with oral and maxillofacial surgeons
- Space analysis, arch-length discrepancy calculation, and extraction planning
- Patient and parent education using mounted typodont models and case photos
- Interdisciplinary case conferencing with periodontists and restorative dentists
- HIPAA-compliant documentation and informed-consent workflow management
Certifications
- Board Certification, Diplomate | American Board of Orthodontics | September 2018
- Invisalign Preferred Provider Certification | Align Technology | January 2021
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers | American Heart Association | March 2024
Education
Certificate in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics in Orthodontics
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC | July 2015 – June 2017
Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) in Dentistry
University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL | August 2011 – May 2015
Pat Morgan
(555) 814-2293
[email protected]
St. Louis, MO
Profile
Rebuilt the osseous surgery protocol at Ozark Periodontal Associates in 2022, cutting average pocket-depth readings across treated sites by 1.4 mm across 340 patient cases and earning the practice its first AAP-recognized quality benchmark. Board-certified periodontist with nine years in private specialty practice and a hospital-affiliated residency, trained in full-arch implant rehabilitation, guided bone regeneration, and soft-tissue grafting. Dentrix and Eaglesoft proficiency drives a 43-minute average chair-time for single-implant placements, keeping the schedule running without sacrificing documentation quality.
Professional Experience
Periodontist, Ozark Periodontal Associates, St. Louis, MO | March 2019 – Present
- Perform 280 to 310 periodontal and implant procedures per year spanning scaling and root planing, osseous surgery, sinus augmentation, and single-unit implant placement.
- Standardized the pre-surgical CBCT review workflow with Planmeca ProMax 3D, eliminating unplanned intraoperative site modifications across 68 implant placements from January 2023 through December 2024.
- Placed 94 implants over a 14-month stretch without a single osseointegration failure, a record tracked in the practice’s Eaglesoft outcome log.
- Introduced a platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) protocol for ridge preservation cases, and the 12-month radiographic bone fill rate rose to 78% across the first 41 treated sockets.
- Mentored two rotating general-dentist residents from Saint Louis University Dental School each quarter, conducting weekly case-review sessions and providing written evaluations tied to AAP competency benchmarks.
- Collaborated with six referring general dentists to redesign the co-treatment communication template, cutting the average referral-to-first-appointment gap from 18 days to nine days.
- Wrote and reviewed all post-surgical prescriptions, maintaining an antibiotic-prescribing rate 24% below the regional periodontal specialty average per Missouri Dental Association 2023 benchmarking data.
Associate Periodontist, Gateway Oral Surgery and Periodontics, St. Louis, MO | July 2016 – February 2019
- Managed a patient panel of 170 active periodontal maintenance cases alongside a surgical caseload of 15 to 18 new consultations per month.
- Performed connective tissue grafts on 53 recession defect sites over 18 months, with a 91-day post-op mean root coverage of 3.1 mm verified by standardized digital photography and probing records.
- Diagnosed and staged 100% of incoming referral cases using the 2017 AAP/EFP classification, bringing the practice into full compliance before the November 2018 AAP annual meeting deadline.
- Operated under OSHA and CDC sterilization standards with zero instrument-tracking discrepancies flagged during the practice’s 2017 and 2018 internal audits.
- Presented two complex furcation-involvement cases at the Missouri Society of Periodontists spring symposium in 2018, drawing peer discussion that influenced the practice’s retreatment decision tree.
- Coordinated prosthetic hand-off documentation for 37 implant-restoration cases, working directly with restorative dentists to align abutment selection and emergence profile planning.
Periodontics Resident, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Dental and Oral Medicine Program, St. Louis, MO | July 2014 – June 2016
- Completed a two-year CODA-accredited advanced education program in periodontology, logging 420 surgical procedures under faculty supervision across the hospital clinic and affiliated satellite site.
- Conducted full-mouth periodontal evaluations on medically complex inpatients, including patients on anticoagulation therapy, and adjusted treatment sequencing in consultation with attending physicians on 14 documented cases.
- Led a resident-run journal club covering 22 peer-reviewed articles on implant biomechanics and periodontal regeneration, earning a faculty commendation for presentation depth.
- Placed and restored six implants as primary operator during the second year of residency, each with attending co-signature and documented prosthetic outcome at six months.
- Maintained all clinical records in eClinicalWorks with no incomplete-documentation flags during the 2015-2016 academic year review.
Key Skills
- Osseous resective and regenerative surgery (flap design, bone grafting, membrane placement)
- Full-arch implant rehabilitation and immediate-load case planning
- Connective tissue and free gingival graft techniques
- Periodontal risk stratification using AAP 2017 staging and grading framework
- Cone-beam CT interpretation and implant site analysis (Planmeca ProMax 3D)
- Eaglesoft and Dentrix chart documentation and referral coordination
- Informed-consent communication for surgical and implant procedures
- Antibiotic stewardship and post-surgical pharmacological management
- Clinical judgment in differential diagnosis of aggressive vs. chronic periodontitis
Certifications
- Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology | American Board of Periodontology | October 2017
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers | American Heart Association | January 2024
- Missouri Dental License (Active) | Missouri Dental Board | June 2016
Education
Certificate in Periodontology in Advanced Education in Periodontology
Washington University School of Dental Medicine, St. Louis, MO | July 2014 – June 2016
Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) in Dentistry
Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN | August 2010 – May 2014
Sam Jordan
(555) 483-9271
[email protected]
Portland, OR
Profile
Migrated a 3,200-patient record base from ABELDent to Henry Schein Dentrix across two practice locations in Portland over 14 months, rebuilding treatment-plan templates and custom fee schedules without a single billing interruption. Board-certified prosthodontist with five years of post-residency clinical experience spanning complex full-mouth rehabilitation, implant-supported fixed prosthetics, and maxillofacial reconstruction. Dentrix reporting tools shape every case-load decision, from scheduling sequencing to lab turnaround tracking. Patients consistently rate the practice in the 97th percentile on post-visit surveys administered through the clinic’s internal feedback portal.
Professional Experience
Staff Prosthodontist, Pacific Crest Dental Specialists, Portland, OR | August 2021 – Present
- Manage a personal case load of 18 to 24 active full-mouth rehabilitation patients at any given time, coordinating lab fabrication timelines with three in-network dental laboratories to keep average delivery lag under 11 business days.
- Designed and placed more than 340 implant-supported crowns, bridges, and overdentures since joining the practice, maintaining a prosthetic complication rate below the national benchmark cited in the 2023 JPD outcomes literature.
- Rebuilt the practice’s treatment-plan template library in Dentrix, cutting front-desk estimate preparation time by roughly 35 minutes per new-patient appointment and reducing fee-entry discrepancies to near zero across a 14-month audit window (FY2022 through Q1 2024).
- Lead weekly case conferences with the referring periodontist and oral surgeon to sequence implant surgery and prosthetic delivery; conferences reduced back-and-forth phone calls between offices by 60%.
- Introduced intraoral 3Shape scanning for all fixed-prosthetic cases in January 2023, eliminating polyvinylsiloxane impression remakes that had accounted for nine re-impression appointments in the prior calendar year.
- Train two rotating dental students from Oregon Health and Science University each quarter, providing direct supervision during try-in and cementation appointments and completing competency evaluations within 48 hours of each procedure.
- Interpret cone-beam CT scans for implant site assessment, documenting bone volume and density findings in Dentrix chart notes and sharing annotated screenshots with referring surgeons through the clinic’s secure messaging module.
Associate Prosthodontist, Willamette Valley Oral Rehabilitation Center, Salem, OR | June 2019 – July 2021
- Provided prosthetic care for patients referred after head-and-neck cancer surgery, fabricating obturators, palatal lifts, and mandibular resection prostheses for 27 oncologic cases over two years.
- Collaborated with the center’s maxillofacial surgeon to plan and deliver four zygomatic implant cases, each requiring cross-disciplinary planning sessions and CT-guided surgical guides sourced through a regional milling center.
- Administered local anesthesia and conscious sedation monitoring for patients with significant dental anxiety, completing 130 sedation-assisted appointments with zero adverse events logged.
- Documented all treatment plans, progress notes, and prescriptions in ACE Dental, bringing the center’s chart-completion compliance rate from a baseline audit score of 81% to 95% within six months of hire.
- Conducted shade analysis and approved porcelain layering specifications for 89 anterior PFM and full-zirconia crowns, achieving a chairside acceptance rate of 93% on first try-in without remakes.
- Wrote and presented a continuing-education seminar on digital workflow integration for prosthodontic practices at the Oregon Dental Association’s 2020 annual meeting, drawing 58 attendees.
Prosthodontic Resident, University of New Mexico School of Dentistry, Albuquerque, NM | July 2016 – May 2019
- Completed a three-year CODA-accredited residency, fulfilling clinical requirements in fixed prosthodontics, removable partial and complete dentures, implant prosthetics, and maxillofacial rehabilitation.
- Placed and restored 41 endosseous implants under faculty supervision, logging case documentation in the program’s custom case-management system and presenting outcomes at six departmental grand rounds sessions.
- Fabricated 17 complete denture sets for patients at the school’s community clinic serving uninsured and Medicaid-eligible adults, applying neutral zone technique for six of the most anatomically complex cases.
- Co-authored a poster on CAD/CAM versus conventional denture base adaptation presented at the American College of Prosthodontists’ 2018 annual conference in Philadelphia.
- Examined and triaged patients using panoramic radiographs, clinical probing, and full periodontal charting before formulating phased treatment plans reviewed and co-signed by attending faculty.
- Monitored patients receiving nitrous oxide sedation during lengthy prosthetic appointments, recording vitals at 15-minute intervals and adjusting flow rates in consultation with the supervising faculty member.
Key Skills
- Full-mouth rehabilitation planning and sequencing
- Implant-supported fixed and removable prosthesis design
- CAD/CAM crown fabrication (CEREC, 3Shape)
- Occlusal analysis and bite splint therapy
- Maxillofacial and oncologic reconstruction case management
- Henry Schein Dentrix and ACE Dental workflow configuration
- Shade matching and esthetic porcelain work
- Patient-centered treatment communication and informed consent
- Interdisciplinary coordination with oral surgery, periodontics, and orthodontics
Certifications
- Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics | American Board of Prosthodontics | November 2020
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers | American Heart Association | March 2024
- Oregon Controlled Substance Registration | Oregon Health Authority Pharmacy Program | January 2022
Education
Certificate in Prosthodontics in Prosthodontics
University of New Mexico School of Dentistry, Albuquerque, NM | July 2016 – May 2019
Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) in Dentistry
Creighton University School of Dentistry, Omaha, NE | August 2012 – May 2016
Taylor Lee
(555) 403-8812
[email protected]
Pittsburgh, PA
Profile
Promoted from associate endodontist to lead clinician at Allegheny Dental Specialists within three years, building a referral-based practice that grew to 18 referring offices across western Pennsylvania. Fluent in GentleWave multisonic irrigation and cone-beam CT-guided access preparation, with board certification through the American Board of Endodontics. Patients who arrive anxious about root canals leave with same-day relief; post-visit satisfaction surveys across the last four years have held at 4.8 out of 5.0.
Professional Experience
Lead Endodontist, Allegheny Dental Specialists, Pittsburgh, PA | March 2022 – Present
- Perform 14 to 17 root canal procedures per week across anterior, premolar, and molar cases, maintaining a retreatment rate below 3% over the past two years.
- Built a referral network from six offices to 18 by hosting quarterly case-review lunches and providing same-day emergency slots for referring general dentists.
- Introduced GentleWave multisonic irrigation in January 2023, cutting mean appointment time per molar case by 22 minutes while reducing sodium hypochlorite volume per case by half.
- Supervise two rotating dental residents each quarter, conducting formal case debriefs and signing off on competency logs covering access geometry, working-length verification, and obturation quality.
- Interpret pre-operative CBCT scans for every surgical case, identifying accessory canals and proximity to the inferior alveolar nerve bundle before the patient enters the chair.
- Completed 47 periapical microsurgeries (apicoectomy with MTA root-end fill) from April 2022 through December 2024, with a 97% healing rate confirmed at six-month recall radiographs.
- Drafted the department’s informed-consent template for intentional replantation cases, reviewed by the practice’s legal counsel and adopted practice-wide in September 2023.
Associate Endodontist, Allegheny Dental Specialists, Pittsburgh, PA | July 2020 – February 2022
- Managed a patient load of eight to 11 cases daily within six months of joining, covering emergency exams, single-visit NSRCT on anterior teeth, and multi-visit molar cases.
- Performed intraosseous and periodontal ligament supplemental injections on 63 patients with irreversible pulpitis who had failed inferior alveolar nerve blocks, achieving full anesthesia without rescheduling in 58 of those cases.
- Logged all treatment plans, working-length measurements, and obturation confirmations in Dentrix within the same clinical session, keeping the chart backlog at zero across every audit period.
- Reduced patient no-shows by coordinating a same-day confirmation text workflow with the front desk, dropping the weekly missed-appointment count from double digits to four or fewer.
- Evaluated and triaged 22 dental trauma referrals in the first year, including crown-root fractures and horizontal root fractures requiring splinting guidance communicated back to the referring dentist within two hours.
Endodontic Resident, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Dental Program, Pittsburgh, PA | July 2018 – June 2020
- Completed 310 root canal procedures during the two-year residency, including 84 molar retreatments and 19 surgical cases performed under attending supervision.
- Interpreted periapical and CBCT radiographs for every assigned case, presenting differential diagnoses at weekly case conferences attended by 12 faculty and co-residents.
- Assisted attending endodontists in managing oncology patients with trismus and post-radiation xerostomia, adapting irrigation protocols and obturation technique to limited access fields.
- Wrote prescriptions for post-procedural analgesics and antibiotics in accordance with ADA and CDC guidelines, documenting clinical rationale in the chart each time a course of antibiotics was issued.
- Presented a case-series poster on calcified canals managed with CBCT pre-planning at the 2019 AAE Annual Session in Seattle, receiving honorable mention in the resident research category.
- Maintained infection-control compliance at 100% across six departmental safety audits by following PPE protocols, sterilization cycle documentation, and sharps-disposal procedures without a single deficiency noted.
Key Skills
- Nonsurgical and surgical root canal therapy (single- and multi-visit protocols)
- GentleWave multisonic irrigation and obturation
- Cone-beam CT acquisition and endodontic case planning
- Periapical microsurgery: apicoectomy and root-end fill placement
- Internal and external resorption diagnosis and management
- Vital pulp therapy and direct pulp capping
- Henry Schein Dentrix chart documentation and referral workflow coordination
- Procedural pain management: regional blocks, supplemental PDL and intraosseous injections
- Patient counseling on retreatment options and prognosis communication
Certifications
- Diplomate Certification | American Board of Endodontics | November 2021
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers | American Heart Association | March 2024
- DEA Controlled Substance Registration | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | January 2023
Education
Certificate in Endodontics in Endodontics
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA | July 2018 – June 2020
Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) in Dentistry
Temple University Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, PA | August 2014 – May 2018
Jordan Brown
(555) 204-7831
[email protected]
Indianapolis, IN
Profile
Specializes in craniofacial and oncologic prosthodontics, where surgical-resection defects, radiation sequelae, and congenital anomalies demand precision at the intersection of surgery and restorative science. Trained in maxillofacial obturator design, auricular and nasal epithesis fabrication, and implant-retained extraoral prosthetics using digital workflows in 3Shape and exocad. Treats patients referred from head-and-neck oncology, trauma, and cleft teams across a Level I academic medical center, earning a departmental quality rating of 4.8 out of 5.0 across four audit cycles.
Professional Experience
Maxillofacial Prosthodontist, Indiana University Health Simon Cancer Center Dental Program, Indianapolis, IN | August 2021 – Present
- Manage a full panel of 210 active patients referred from head-and-neck surgical oncology, cleft-craniofacial, and trauma teams, serving as the sole maxillofacial prosthodontist on a 14-member interdisciplinary tumor board.
- Design and deliver immediate surgical obturators within 48 hours of maxillectomy, transitioning patients to definitive prostheses over a structured three-visit protocol that reduces average post-surgical feeding-tube dependency by six weeks compared to the department’s prior benchmark.
- Fabricate silicone auricular, nasal, and orbital epitheses using intrinsic pigmentation and bar-clip retention; produced 38 completed extraoral prostheses across FY2022 and FY2023, with a re-fit rate of 7% at the three-month follow-up.
- Integrated 3Shape Dental System CBCT planning into craniofacial implant site assessment for extraoral retention, cutting surgical planning conferences from three in-person sessions to one per case through shared digital files with the oral-surgery team.
- Prescribe post-surgical antimicrobial and analgesic regimens in coordination with oncology pharmacy, maintaining 100% concordance with institutional antibiogram guidelines across all 2022–2024 prescription audits.
- Counsel patients and family members on prosthesis hygiene, silicone care, and psychosocial adjustment after facial disfigurement, contributing to a departmental patient-satisfaction rating of 4.8 out of 5.0 across the last four institutional quality reviews.
- Supervise two prosthodontic residents per academic year in maxillofacial clinical rotations, delivering 60 hours of structured case-based teaching annually and co-authoring two technique notes submitted to the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry.
Prosthodontic Resident, Maxillofacial Track, Emory University Hospital Oral Rehabilitation and Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Atlanta, GA | July 2018 – June 2021
- Completed a three-year CODA-accredited program with a maxillofacial emphasis, logging 1,240 clinical contact hours and fulfilling all ADA Commission competency requirements for complex prosthodontics.
- Fabricated 54 intraoral prostheses (palatal obturators, mandibular resection appliances, and implant-retained overdentures) under attending supervision, with 46 cases progressing to definitive delivery before program completion.
- Performed jaw-relation records and occlusal rehabilitation for six patients following total temporomandibular joint replacement, coordinating with the oral-maxillofacial surgery attending to phase restorative treatment around implant osseointegration timelines.
- Interpreted CBCT volumetric data for implant site planning on 29 craniofacial cases, identifying at least nine anatomical contraindications that redirected treatment toward non-implant retention strategies before surgery scheduling.
- Administered local anesthesia using infiltration and regional block techniques for all assigned intraoral prosthetic procedures, with zero adverse anesthetic events across the three-year residency.
- Charted all patient encounters in eClinicalWorks, maintaining documentation quality scores above the program’s 85th-percentile threshold during every semiannual faculty review.
- Presented four grand-round case reports on obturator design outcomes after segmental maxillectomy, with one case selected for the 2020 American College of Prosthodontists Annual Meeting poster session.
Dental Extern, Oral Medicine and Complex Rehabilitation, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Dental Clinic, Milwaukee, WI | May 2017 – June 2018
- Rotated through oral medicine, implant prosthodontics, and maxillofacial units during a 13-month externship, observing and assisting in 320 patient encounters across all three services.
- Recorded comprehensive intraoral examinations for 85 patients using full-mouth periapical and panoramic series, flagging 11 radiographic findings (suspected pathology or root resorption) for attending review before treatment planning.
- Assisted attending prosthodontists during definitive obturator seating appointments by managing tissue-conditioning material and recording post-insertion occlusal adjustments in Dentrix.
- Drafted written treatment-plan summaries and insurance pre-authorization letters for 32 complex prosthetic cases, achieving a first-submission approval rate of 74% with the clinic’s payer mix.
- Educated pre-surgical patients on obturator function, dietary restrictions, and speech adaptation expectations using illustrated handouts co-developed with the speech-language pathology team.
Key Skills
- Maxillofacial obturator design and post-surgical fitting (immediate, interim, and definitive phases)
- Extraoral prosthetics fabrication: auricular, nasal, and orbital epitheses with silicone intrinsic staining
- Implant-retained intraoral and extraoral prosthetic planning using 3Shape Dental System and exocad
- Radiographic interpretation: CBCT volumetric data for craniofacial implant site mapping
- Jaw-relation recording and occlusal rehabilitation after mandibular resection or temporomandibular joint replacement
- Surgical obturator coordination with head-and-neck oncology and reconstructive surgery teams
- Pharmacological management: antimicrobial and analgesic prescribing within post-oncologic-surgery protocols
- Patient counseling on prosthesis hygiene, tissue tolerance, and functional adaptation after facial disfigurement
- Dentrix and eClinicalWorks documentation for complex prosthetic treatment plans and interdisciplinary referrals
Certifications
- Board Certification, Diplomate | American Board of Prosthodontics | October 2022
- Fellow | American College of Prosthodontists | March 2023
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers | American Heart Association | January 2024
Education
Certificate in Prosthodontics, Maxillofacial Track in Maxillofacial Prosthodontics
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA | July 2018 – June 2021
Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) in Dentistry
Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI | August 2013 – May 2017
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI | September 2009 – May 2013
Morgan Davis
(555) 418-2976
[email protected]
Charlotte, NC
Profile
Licensed DDS with four years of general and community dental practice, splitting time between a federally qualified health center and a private group setting in the Charlotte metro. Proficient in Henry Schein Dentrix for scheduling, chart notation, and insurance coordination; equally comfortable reading cone-beam CT images to plan single-tooth implant cases or counseling a first-generation patient on managing early-stage periodontal disease at home. Puts emphasis on early diagnosis and honest treatment planning, which has kept recall rates above the clinic benchmark every year since 2022.
Professional Experience
Associate General Dentist, Carolinas Dental Alliance, Charlotte, NC | August 2022 – Present
- Carry a patient roster of 680 active records across two clinic days per week, performing exams, restorations, extractions, and root canal therapy in a high-volume group practice environment.
- Placed 34 implant-supported crowns during FY2023-FY2024, collaborating with an oral surgeon on case selection and coordinating final restoration timing through Dentrix case notes.
- Reduced failed appointment slots by 17 percentage points over eight months by introducing a same-day standby list tracked in Dentrix’s appointment book, filling gaps that had previously gone unused.
- Interpret panoramic and periapical radiographs for every new patient, flagging pathology including periapical abscesses, horizontal bone loss, and incidental calcified carotid atheromas requiring physician referral.
- Write prescriptions for antibiotics and analgesics in compliance with the North Carolina STOP Act, logging every controlled substance in the state’s CSRS portal before the patient leaves the chair.
- Counsel patients on custom nightguards and occlusal adjustment for bruxism-related wear, converting 52 cases to completed appliance delivery in 2023 alone.
- Mentor two new dental assistants per quarter on four-handed technique, instrument identification, and infection-control documentation, cutting onboarding time to six weeks versus the prior ten-week average.
Staff Dentist, Catawba Valley Community Health Center, Hickory, NC | June 2021 – July 2022
- Served an uninsured and Medicaid population at a federally qualified health center, averaging 14 patient encounters per clinic day across preventive, restorative, and urgent care appointments.
- Conducted oral health screenings at three local Head Start sites over a six-month pilot, examining 211 children ages 3-5 and referring 64 for same-week urgent care follow-up.
- Administered infiltration and block anesthesia for every surgical extraction and endodontic procedure, maintaining patient comfort scores above the network’s 85th-percentile benchmark throughout the grant review period.
- Documented all care in eClinicalWorks EHR, completing chart notes before the end of each clinic session so the front-desk team could process claims the same business day.
- Collaborated with the clinic’s behavioral health navigator to screen dental patients for tobacco use, connecting 29 patients to cessation resources over the contract year.
- Formulated individualized treatment plans for 140 new patients in the first six months, prioritizing acute pain and infection management within funding constraints while scheduling phased elective care.
General Dentistry Resident, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, Advanced Education in General Dentistry, Charlotte, NC | July 2020 – May 2021
- Completed 11 months of post-doctoral training, treating 320 patients across outpatient and hospital-based dental clinics under attending supervision.
- Performed 48 single-rooted and multi-rooted endodontic cases, progressing to independent case management by the third rotation block.
- Assisted in six operating-room dental cases for patients with developmental disabilities, preparing pre-surgical radiographic workups and post-operative prescriptions under attending sign-off.
- Practiced with ACE Dental software for scheduling during outpatient rotations and with the hospital’s Epic system for inpatient medical history review, cross-checking medications that affect bleeding time or require prophylactic coverage.
- Presented two case reports at the program’s monthly grand rounds: one on a patient with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes requiring extraction-site management modification, and one on a suspicious leukoplakia lesion referred for biopsy.
- Logged all procedures in the ACGME case-tracking portal, finishing the year with procedure totals exceeding the minimum competency thresholds in restorative, endodontic, surgical, and prosthodontic categories.
Key Skills
- Full-mouth examination and radiographic diagnosis (periapical, bitewing, panoramic)
- Local anesthesia administration: inferior alveolar, mental, and palatal nerve blocks
- Restorative dentistry: posterior composites, amalgam core build-ups, and crown cementation
- Endodontic therapy: single- and multi-canal root canal treatment through obturation
- Periodontal assessment: probing, bleeding-on-probing scoring, and scaling and root planing
- Henry Schein Dentrix scheduling, insurance pre-authorization, and chart documentation
- Patient education and motivational interviewing for home-care behavior change
- Infection control and OSHA-compliant sterilization protocol oversight
- Critical thinking and differential diagnosis in complex or medically compromised cases
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) License, North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners | North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners | July 2020
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers | American Heart Association | March 2024
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in Dentistry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC | August 2016 – May 2020
Bachelor of Science in Biology, minor in Psychology
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC | August 2012 – May 2016
Casey Clark
(555) 407-2193
[email protected]
Albuquerque, NM
Profile
Grew up in a rural county where the nearest dentist was 45 miles away, and that gap shaped every clinical decision since. Now six years into public health dentistry, Casey Clark delivers primary oral care to underserved adults and children across federally qualified health center (FQHC) settings in the Albuquerque metro, diagnosing and treating a wide spectrum of conditions from rampant caries to early-stage oral lesions. Fluent in Henry Schein Dentrix and eClinicalWorks EHR, with a track record of passing state FQHC compliance audits clean every year since 2021.
Professional Experience
Staff Dentist, Public Health, Tierra del Sol Community Health Centers, Albuquerque, NM | March 2021 – Present
- Treat 18 to 22 patients daily across two clinic sites, diagnosing caries, periodontal disease, and soft-tissue abnormalities using clinical exams, digital periapical films, and panoramic radiographs.
- Developed a standardized caries-risk intake protocol now used by all five dentists on staff, cutting average time from first appointment to completed treatment plan by two days.
- Prescribed antibiotics and analgesics for 340-plus acute infections across FY2023, applying antibiotic stewardship guidelines that kept the clinic’s broad-spectrum prescription rate below the state FQHC benchmark.
- Led a school-based sealant program serving three Title I elementary schools, placing sealants on 412 children in the 2023-24 academic year.
- Administered block and infiltration anesthetics for surgical extractions, including third-molar removals, maintaining a post-operative complication rate of 1.1% across 186 extractions logged in eClinicalWorks.
- Coordinated with county WIC coordinators to add fluoride varnish referrals into well-child visit workflows, expanding the clinic’s prenatal and infant oral health reach by 65 new family cases per quarter.
- Trained two dental assistants on updated PPE donning and instrument-sterilization documentation, helping the clinic pass its 2024 HRSA Operational Site Visit with no corrective-action findings.
Associate Dentist, Mesilla Valley Dental Care, Las Cruces, NM | July 2019 – February 2021
- Performed full-scope general dentistry for a mixed adult and pediatric panel of roughly 1,200 active patients, including composite restorations, crown preps, root canal therapy, and simple to moderately complex extractions.
- Evaluated digital X-rays and conducted comprehensive exams at each new-patient visit, formulating individualized treatment plans that prioritized urgent pain relief before elective restorative care.
- Wrote and reviewed prescriptions for antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, and short-course analgesics in line with New Mexico Dental Board standards, averaging 14 prescriptions per week with zero board complaints over 20 months.
- Reduced no-show rate from a baseline tracked in Dentrix by reconfiguring the appointment-reminder sequence, contributing to a net gain of 9 additional billable hours per week across the practice.
- Advised patients on home-care routines tailored to their specific risk factors, including xerostomia from systemic medications, which required coordinating clinical guidance with primary-care providers in three documented cases.
- Achieved a patient satisfaction score of 4.7 out of 5.0 on the practice’s post-visit survey platform across all of 2020, the highest score among three associate dentists that year.
General Dentistry Resident, University of New Mexico Hospital Dental Medicine Program, Albuquerque, NM | July 2018 – June 2019
- Completed a one-year AEGD residency treating medically complex inpatients and outpatients, logging 630 clinical contact hours across oral surgery, endodontics, and restorative disciplines.
- Performed complete oral exams and formulated treatment plans for 94 patients under attending supervision, presenting case summaries at weekly interdisciplinary rounds attended by internal medicine and oncology staff.
- Placed 37 posterior composite restorations and 12 amalgam restorations, with all work reviewed and signed off by attending faculty at each appointment.
- Interpreted full-mouth radiographic series for head-and-neck oncology patients pre-radiation, identifying 23 teeth requiring extraction before therapy began to prevent osteoradionecrosis risk.
- Documented all clinical encounters in eClinicalWorks, maintaining chart completion at 100% by end-of-day across every rotation block from July 2018 through June 2019.
Key Skills
- Oral disease diagnosis: caries, periodontal conditions, and soft-tissue pathology
- Local and regional anesthesia administration (nerve block and field techniques)
- Treatment planning for medically complex and high-risk patients
- Preventive counseling and patient oral health education across literacy levels
- Henry Schein Dentrix and eClinicalWorks EHR documentation and reporting
- Panoramic and periapical radiograph acquisition and clinical interpretation
- Restorative procedures: composite restorations, crowns, and extractions
- Grant-funded community program coordination and outcome tracking
- Spanish-language patient communication (conversational)
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) License, State of New Mexico | New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care | July 2018
- DEA Controlled Substance Registration | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | August 2018
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) in Dentistry
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, School of Dentistry, Albuquerque, NM | August 2014 – May 2018
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Pre-Health Concentration
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM | August 2010 – May 2014
Alex Johnson
(555) 614-2983
[email protected]
Atlanta, GA
Profile
Consults across a network of 38 dental practice locations, translating clinical quality data and payer contract terms into actionable recommendations that lift both patient outcomes and practice revenue. Fluent in Henry Schein Dentrix practice analytics, insurance fee-schedule modeling, and HEDIS oral health measure reporting. Recognized for guiding underperforming clinics to clear three-year Joint Commission dental standards reviews without findings, and for building provider education programs that cut average treatment plan decline rates by 17 points across client sites.
Professional Experience
Senior Dental Consultant, Elevation Dental Partners, Atlanta, GA | March 2021 – Present
- Lead quality and performance consulting for 38 general and specialty dental offices across Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama, covering a combined active patient census above 94,000.
- Redesigned case-presentation protocols at six underperforming clinics, lifting network-wide treatment plan acceptance from 54% to 71% over the 18-month rollout period spanning Q3 2022 through Q4 2023.
- Modeled fee-schedule renegotiations for three Delta Dental and two Cigna contracts, identifying $1.8 million in recoverable annual revenue across 12 participating practices.
- Built a Dentrix custom report library covering production-per-visit, broken-appointment rates, and recall reactivation; deployed to all 38 offices and trained 14 office managers on monthly self-audits.
- Authored the network’s OSHA-compliant infection-control policy manual, which cleared a Florida Department of Health desk audit in August 2023 without any corrective-action items.
- Coordinate quarterly clinical quality forums attended by 60-plus providers, presenting case review data, evidence-based guideline updates, and patient-satisfaction benchmarks from Press Ganey dental modules.
- Mentor five associate-level consultants, conducting bi-weekly chart reviews and co-facilitating their first independent site assessments.
Dental Practice Consultant, Brightway Oral Health Advisors, Birmingham, AL | July 2018 – February 2021
- Served a regional portfolio of 11 independent and DSO-affiliated practices, diagnosing workflow bottlenecks through on-site observation, Dentrix production reports, and provider interviews.
- Reduced unfilled chair time by 14% across eight client offices by restructuring same-day scheduling blocks and retraining front-desk teams on Dentrix’s waitlist and confirmation workflows.
- Supported three practices in transitioning from paper-based charting to ACE Dental software, writing conversion playbooks and leading go-live training for 27 clinical and administrative staff members.
- Assessed clinical documentation practices for HIPAA compliance across all 11 sites; zero breach incidents were reported to the Office for Civil Rights during the full 2019-2020 reporting period.
- Produced annual payer-mix analyses using Microsoft Excel pivot models, surfacing an over-reliance on Medicaid reimbursement at four offices and recommending credentialing pathways to add two commercial plans each.
- Contributed to the firm’s published white paper on rural oral health access gaps, drawing on patient demographic data from six Alabama county health department partners.
Clinical Quality Analyst, Dental Programs, Peach State Community Health Alliance, Atlanta, GA | August 2016 – June 2018
- Tracked HEDIS W15 and W34 well-child oral health visit measures for a Medicaid managed-care dental benefit covering 210,000 covered lives across 159 Georgia counties.
- Compiled provider-performance scorecards each quarter using eClinicalWorks EHR data extracts, identifying 23 high-gap ZIP codes that were prioritized for mobile dental outreach in FY2017.
- Collaborated with the medical director and four network dentists to draft clinical criteria for a new caries-risk screening protocol adopted as standard procedure for all pediatric enrollees starting January 2018.
- Presented HEDIS measure results and corrective-action plans to the Quality Improvement Committee at each of the eight board meetings held during the 2016-2017 plan year.
- Coordinated requests between network dental offices and the credentialing team, resolving 41 outstanding provider roster discrepancies before the annual NCQA accreditation submission deadline in March 2018.
Key Skills
- Dental practice performance consulting and KPI benchmarking
- Insurance fee-schedule analysis and payer contract negotiation support
- Henry Schein Dentrix reporting, dashboard configuration, and data extraction
- Treatment plan case presentation coaching
- HEDIS oral health and preventive care measure reporting
- Clinical workflow gap analysis and operatory productivity modeling
- Regulatory compliance: OSHA infection-control standards and HIPAA audit readiness
- Oral health program design for multi-site provider networks
- Interdisciplinary communication and provider relations
Certifications
- Fellow, American College of Dentists | American College of Dentists | October 2022
- Dental Practice Management Certificate | Dental Management University (Pankey Institute) | April 2019
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) | National Association for Healthcare Quality | September 2017
Education
Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Management
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA | August 2014 – May 2016
Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) in Dentistry
Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA | August 2009 – May 2013
Jamie Smith
(555) 483-9201
[email protected]
Spokane, WA
Profile
Mobile dentist with 10 years of experience delivering full-scope general dentistry across underserved communities, long-term care facilities, and school-based clinics throughout the Pacific Northwest. Practiced in Henry Schein Dentrix for portable operatory documentation and treatment planning, with particular depth in geriatric oral health assessment and pediatric preventive care. Patients across 14 counties have received same-session restorative and extraction services that would otherwise require a specialist referral, reducing care gaps documented in the 2022 Washington State Oral Health Assessment report.
Professional Experience
Mobile Dentist, Inland Northwest Community Dental Outreach, Spokane, WA | March 2019 – Present
- Operate a two-van mobile dental unit serving 11 long-term care facilities, three Head Start programs, and two rural tribal health clinics across eastern Washington, completing 1,200 to 1,400 patient encounters per year.
- Perform comprehensive oral exams, full-mouth periapical series, and same-day treatment planning using a portable Nomad Pro 2 handheld X-ray unit and Dexis digital sensors, removing the need for a separate radiology appointment.
- Placed 340 composite restorations and performed 97 extractions at mobile sites in 2023 alone, with all post-operative outcomes reviewed via follow-up telehealth calls within the same billing cycle.
- Administer inferior alveolar, mental, and posterior superior alveolar nerve blocks in portable chairs, maintaining a patient-reported comfort rating of 4.6 out of 5.0 across 580 survey responses collected through the program’s REDCap feedback tool.
- Write antibiotic and analgesic prescriptions through Washington’s SecureAccess prescription platform, applying evidence-based dosing guidelines that align with CDC Antibiotic Resistance Action Plan targets; zero prescription-related adverse event reports filed since 2019.
- Train two dental assistants per van rotation on mobile infection-control protocols, updated annually to meet Washington State Department of Health inspection standards — all four inspections since 2019 passed without citations.
- Collaborate with social workers at each partner site to identify patients whose oral disease may be connected to systemic conditions, referring 63 patients to primary care for diabetes or cardiovascular workups over the past three years.
Associate Dentist, Ridgemont Family Dental, Tacoma, WA | July 2016 – February 2019
- Provided full-scope general dentistry for a busy four-doctor practice averaging 85 patient visits daily, covering crown and bridge, root canal therapy, surgical extractions, and whitening.
- Placed 52 single-unit porcelain-fused-to-zirconia crowns in 2018, with a 96.2% seat-and-approve rate on first appointment, reducing lab remakes to fewer than three per quarter.
- Diagnosed and managed periodontal disease for a panel of 430 active patients, stratifying each case by attachment loss and pocket depth and coordinating scaling and root planing series with the in-house hygiene team.
- Resolved 27 urgent after-hours calls by triaging over the phone and scheduling same-day appointments the following morning, cutting emergency walk-in disruptions to the schedule by roughly half compared to the prior year.
- Documented all treatment plans, medical histories, and pharmacy communications in Dentrix, maintaining chart audit scores that exceeded the practice’s 92% completeness threshold every quarter from Q3 2016 through Q4 2018.
- Introduced a verbal post-op instruction checklist for extraction patients, which the front desk team used to confirm patients had received wound-care guidance before dismissal — dry-socket incidence dropped to 1.8% of extraction cases by year two.
General Dentist (Associate), Saguaro Dental & Community Health Center, Tucson, AZ | August 2014 – June 2016
- Served a Federally Qualified Health Center patient population with high rates of uncontrolled diabetes, tobacco use, and uninsured status, completing 16 to 20 appointments per day across two operatories.
- Conducted caries risk evaluations for all new pediatric patients using an evidence-based risk-scoring form developed with the center’s pediatric nurse practitioners, flagging high-risk children for fluoride varnish at every recall visit.
- Performed 148 stainless steel crown restorations on primary molars over two years, using Hall Technique protocols that reduced procedure time and improved parent-reported child comfort scores in post-visit surveys.
- Used eClinicalWorks to document bilingual (English and Spanish) patient education notes, ensuring care instructions were recorded in the patient’s preferred language for all 914 active chart holders.
- Coordinated with the center’s pharmacy for same-day dispensing of antibiotics prescribed for acute dental infections, serving patients who lacked transportation to an outside pharmacy — prescription fill rate reached 89% compared to the regional FQHC benchmark of 76%.
- Participated in a state-funded oral health screening event at six Tucson Unified School District elementary schools, examining 312 children and generating referral packets for the 41% who showed active caries or urgent treatment needs.
Key Skills
- Portable and chair-side radiography (digital sensors, handheld X-ray units)
- Geriatric and special-needs patient assessment
- Local anesthesia delivery: field blocks, nerve blocks, and palatal injections
- Dentrix documentation and mobile EHR charting (eClinicalWorks)
- Restorative procedures: composite, amalgam, glass ionomer in non-traditional settings
- Informed consent communication for patients with cognitive or language barriers
- Infection control and OSHA compliance in mobile operatory environments
- Extraction and minor oral surgery in portable clinical settings
- Preventive counseling calibrated to socioeconomic and dietary risk factors
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) | University of Washington School of Dentistry | May 2014
- Washington State Dental License (License No. DN-XXXX) | Washington State Department of Health | July 2014
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in Dentistry
University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA | August 2010 – May 2014
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA | August 2006 – May 2010
Sam Jordan
(555) 847-2193
[email protected]
Las Vegas, NV
Profile
Cleared a backlog of 340 unresolved urgent-care cases at Redrock Dental Emergency Center during a 14-month staffing gap, rebuilding same-day capacity from two to six operatories by mid-2023. Board-certified with licensure in Nevada and backed by 11 years spanning private emergency practice and hospital-affiliated urgent dental care, including triaging acute orofacial trauma, managing odontogenic infections, and delivering single-visit pain relief under general and local anesthesia protocols. Fluent in Henry Schein Dentrix for complex case documentation and referral coordination; patients consistently score post-visit pain management above 4.6 out of 5 on follow-up surveys.
Professional Experience
Emergency Dentist, Redrock Dental Emergency Center, Las Vegas, NV | March 2021 – Present
- Triaged and treated 38 to 45 walk-in urgent-care patients per week across a seven-day, extended-hours clinic, covering orofacial trauma, acute pulpitis, pericoronitis, and dentoalveolar abscess.
- Rebuilt same-day appointment capacity from two operatories to six following a staffing reduction, coordinating scheduling protocol changes with front-office leadership and two associate dentists.
- Performed over 600 single-visit emergency pulpectomies across 2022 and 2023, achieving a post-treatment complication rate that fell below the clinic’s prior three-year benchmark by 11 percentage points.
- Documented all treatment plans, medical-history updates, and prescription records in Dentrix; audit of 200 randomly selected charts by the clinic’s compliance officer in Q3 2023 found zero documentation deficiencies.
- Evaluated and splinted 84 cases of dentoalveolar trauma in calendar year 2023, coordinating same-day referrals to an oral surgeon for cases requiring CBCT-guided assessment.
- Prescribed antibiotics and analgesics in alignment with ADA stewardship guidelines, holding empirical broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing to 17% of infection cases versus a national benchmark of roughly 35%.
- Trained two new associate dentists on the clinic’s triage intake protocol and Dentrix urgent-care module during their first 90 days on staff.
General and Emergency Dentist, Sierra Vista Community Dental Group, Reno, NV | June 2016 – February 2021
- Managed a mixed general and urgent-care schedule of 22 to 28 patients daily across three operatories, with emergency slots reserved each morning for acute-pain and trauma walk-ins.
- Diagnosed and treated 150-plus cases of odontogenic cellulitis over four years, performing intraoral incision-and-drainage, prescribing targeted antibiotic therapy, and arranging hospital transfer for three cases requiring IV management.
- Placed 97 posterior composite and amalgam restorations across a single calendar year, maintaining a two-year recall failure rate of 8.5% against the practice’s historical average of 13%.
- Interpreted panoramic, periapical, and bitewing radiographs for every new patient intake, documenting findings in ACE Dental with structured chart notes that reduced attending-review time per chart by half a day across the monthly quality-review cycle.
- Advised patients on post-extraction care, antibiotic compliance, and tobacco-cessation resources during every surgical appointment, contributing to a 23-point rise in the practice’s annual patient-satisfaction score between 2017 and 2020.
- Collaborated with the front-office manager to redesign the after-hours triage phone script, cutting callback abandonment by patients reporting dental emergencies from 29% to 16% between Q1 2018 and Q4 2019.
Associate Dentist, Pima Oral Health Partners, Tucson, AZ | August 2013 – May 2016
- Provided general restorative and preventive care to 900-plus active patients, with 15% of daily schedule dedicated to same-day urgent slots for pain, swelling, and broken restorations.
- Delivered inferior alveolar, Gow-Gates, and buccal nerve-block anesthesia for a full range of restorative and surgical procedures, achieving patient-reported comfort scores of 4.4 or higher across 91 post-visit surveys collected in the practice’s first online feedback initiative.
- Completed full-mouth radiographic surveys for 210 new patients across the first 18 months, using findings to formulate individualized treatment plans entered into Henry Schein Dentrix and reviewed with patients during the same appointment.
- Extracted 63 non-restorable teeth in the practice’s first calendar year with a dedicated surgical block, eliminating a four-week referral lag that had previously sent those patients to an external oral surgery office.
- Wrote and reviewed prescriptions for antibiotics and NSAIDs for post-surgical and infection cases, maintaining accurate DEA-compliant records reconciled at each quarterly internal chart review.
Key Skills
- Acute orofacial pain triage and differential diagnosis
- Single-visit pulpectomy and emergency endodontic access
- Odontogenic infection management and incision-and-drainage technique
- Dentoalveolar trauma assessment: avulsion, luxation, and fracture repair
- Local and regional nerve-block anesthesia (inferior alveolar, mental, long buccal)
- Dentrix and ACE Dental EHR documentation for urgent-care workflows
- Radiographic interpretation: periapical, bitewing, and CBCT scout views
- Prescription management: antibiotics, NSAIDs, and controlled analgesics per DEA schedule
- Patient communication under acute-stress conditions across multilingual populations
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) License, State of Nevada | Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners | June 2013
- DEA Controlled Substance Registration | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | July 2013
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in Dentistry
University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine, Las Vegas, NV | August 2009 – May 2013
Bachelor of Science in Biology
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | August 2005 – May 2009
Pat Morgan
(555) 318-4702
[email protected]
Kansas City, MO
Profile
Switched the practice from ABELSoft ABELDent to Henry Schein Dentrix over a 14-month migration at Sycamore Creek Dental Group, rebuilding 3,200 patient records and re-mapping every treatment-plan template before the go-live date. Twelve years in general and restorative dentistry since that first associate role, with particular depth in full-arch rehabilitation, implant-supported prosthetics, and periodontal co-management. Patients at the current practice carry a 9.1-point average satisfaction score across 840 post-visit surveys collected in 2023 and 2024, and the annual state board inspection has cleared the clinic without a deficiency finding every year since 2019.
Professional Experience
Senior General Dentist, Sycamore Creek Dental Group, Kansas City, MO | March 2020 – Present
- Lead clinical operations across two operatories simultaneously, completing 18 to 22 patient encounters per day while supervising one dental hygienist and two assistants.
- Directed the Dentrix system migration in 2021, personally validating 3,200 patient charts for accuracy before go-live and cutting post-migration data-correction tickets to 11 total across the first 90 days.
- Placed 63 endosseous implants in 2023, collaborating with a periodontist on bone-grafting cases and achieving an 11-month osseointegration success rate of 98.4% across that cohort.
- Redesigned the practice’s caries-risk triage workflow using a five-tier scoring rubric, which the hygiene team now applies at every recall visit; high-risk patients identified per quarter rose from 31 to 58, prompting earlier fluoride varnish and sealant intervention.
- Prescribe antibiotics and analgesics within Missouri Board of Dentistry formulary guidelines; audited every antibiotic prescription written in 2022 and 2023 against ADA antimicrobial stewardship benchmarks, finding the practice’s prescribing rate 26% below the national per-visit average.
- Mentor two new-graduate associate dentists through monthly case reviews covering radiographic interpretation, treatment sequencing, and informed-consent documentation.
- Maintain full PPE compliance protocols for the clinic, including updated N95 fit-testing records for all clinical staff, logged quarterly in Dentrix’s task-management module.
General Dentist, Sycamore Creek Dental Group, Kansas City, MO | June 2017 – February 2020
- Examined and diagnosed dental disease for a patient panel that grew from 420 to 910 active patients over the three-year tenure, ordering panoramic and CBCT imaging for complex restorative and surgical cases.
- Performed 134 posterior composite and amalgam restorations in the final year of this role, maintaining a same-day remake rate below 0.9% for the calendar year.
- Coordinated with the in-network orthodontic office on 27 interdisciplinary cases involving space management before final prosthetic placement.
- Administered local anesthesia for every operative procedure, adapting block and infiltration techniques for pediatric patients aged 6 through 12 with a documented refusal rate of 5% across 210 pediatric visits in 2019.
- Expanded the practice’s whitening and direct bonding services, generating $84,000 in elective cosmetic revenue in 2019, the first year those services were formally offered.
- Formulated written treatment plans using Dentrix’s charting suite, ensuring each plan included a phased payment schedule and a signed informed-consent document before any procedure began.
Associate Dentist, Truman Road Family Dental, Independence, MO | August 2014 – May 2017
- Provided comprehensive general dentistry services to a largely uninsured and Medicaid-enrolled population, completing 14 to 16 appointments per day under the supervision of the practice owner for the first eight months.
- Executed 312 tooth extractions over the three-year period, including 48 surgical third-molar removals, with post-operative dry-socket incidence tracking showing a 6.3% rate against the published national benchmark of 9% to 12%.
- Interpreted full-mouth radiographic series for new-patient exams, flagging early-stage periapical pathology in 19 cases that would have otherwise advanced to symptomatic presentation.
- Counseled patients on tobacco cessation and its link to periodontal disease, documenting referrals to the Missouri Tobacco Quitline for 41 patients across 2015 and 2016.
- Collaborated with the office manager to transition clinical recordkeeping from paper charts to ABELDent, entering historical treatment data for 600 legacy patient files over a four-month period.
- Wrote and dispensed prescriptions for post-surgical pain management, consistently noting contraindications for patients on anticoagulants and flagging three potential drug-interaction risks to the attending dentist before scripts were finalized.
Dental Extern / Supervised Clinical Resident, Kansas City CARE Clinic Dental Program, Kansas City, MO | January 2013 – July 2014
- Completed 480 supervised clinical hours treating low-income adult patients across restorative, periodontal, and oral surgery rotations at a federally qualified health center affiliate.
- Performed prophylaxis and scaling-and-root-planing procedures on 92 patients under faculty supervision, documenting probing depths and bleeding-on-probing scores in the clinic’s ACE Dental EHR.
- Practiced four-handed operative technique on 38 Class I and Class II restorations, receiving faculty competency sign-off on composite placement, matrix banding, and occlusal adjustment.
- Educated patients on daily interdental cleaning, fluoride use, and dietary sugar reduction in Spanish and English, serving a patient population where 54% of recorded visits were conducted in Spanish.
- Participated in a 10-week community outreach rotation at two Kansas City elementary schools, delivering oral health screenings to 310 children and identifying 47 who needed referrals for restorative care.
Key Skills
- Full-arch restorative treatment planning (implants, crowns, and fixed bridges)
- Periapical and bitewing radiograph interpretation with Dentrix imaging module
- Inferior alveolar nerve block and palatal infiltration anesthesia delivery
- Soft-tissue and osseous periodontal assessment and co-treatment coordination
- Oral pathology screening and biopsy-referral decision-making
- Patient education on caries prevention, diet counseling, and home-care protocols
- Infection-control compliance and OSHA sterilization documentation
- Clinical judgment in medically compromised patient management (diabetes, anticoagulation therapy)
- Prescription writing for analgesics and antimicrobials within state formulary guidelines
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) License, State of Missouri | Missouri Dental Board | June 2013
- DEA Controlled Substance Registration | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration | August 2014
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in Dentistry
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry, Kansas City, MO | August 2009 – May 2013
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO | August 2005 – May 2009
Taylor Lee
(555) 408-2271
[email protected]
Richmond, VA
Profile
Promoted from associate dentist to lead general dentist at Trident Family Dental within 18 months, taking over full clinical caseload and supervising two hygienists across a practice averaging 320 active patient charts. Fluent in Henry Schein Dentrix for charting, treatment planning, and insurance documentation, with additional experience in ACE Dental for a prior multi-site group practice. Patients consistently rate care satisfaction at 4.8 out of 5.0 across post-visit surveys, and the practice earned a state board inspection clearance in 2023 with zero corrective action items noted.
Professional Experience
Lead General Dentist, Trident Family Dental, Richmond, VA | March 2022 – Present
- Serve as clinical lead for a single-location private practice with 320 active patients, overseeing all treatment planning and daily operatory scheduling for two hygienists and one expanded-duty dental assistant.
- Perform 14 to 18 restorative procedures per week, including Class I through Class IV composites, ceramic onlays, and implant-supported crown seating, maintaining a lab remake rate below 1.4% since assuming the lead role.
- Conduct full periodontal assessments using Florida Probe digital charting, which cut time spent on manual pocket-depth recording by roughly 40 minutes per hygiene day and improved data accuracy across recall visits.
- Diagnosed and treated a Stage III aggressive periodontitis case in 2023, coordinating referral to a periodontist and managing the restorative phase post-surgery across seven appointments.
- Introduced a caries-risk counseling protocol for patients under age 12, raising fluoride varnish acceptance among pediatric patients from 52% to 79% over the 12 months following implementation.
- Write prescriptions for post-operative antibiotics and analgesics, averaging 11 per month, with all prescriptions reviewed against current ADA antibiotic stewardship guidance before issuance.
- Passed the Virginia Board of Dentistry biennial practice inspection in October 2023 with no corrective findings across infection control, record-keeping, and radiograph quality categories.
Associate General Dentist, Trident Family Dental, Richmond, VA | September 2020 – February 2022
- Joined the practice upon licensure and built an independent patient panel of 180 charts within the first 10 months, accepting new patients referred from the practice’s two established dentists.
- Performed comprehensive oral exams and documented findings in Henry Schein Dentrix, producing treatment plans that the practice owner reviewed and approved during weekly case-conference sessions.
- Completed 23 single-visit root canals during this period, using rotary nickel-titanium instrumentation and warm vertical compaction, with all cases cleared on six-month recall radiographs.
- Administered local anesthesia for every restorative and surgical procedure, including inferior alveolar nerve blocks and palatal infiltrations, with patient-reported discomfort scores averaging 1.8 on a 10-point scale across 340 documented procedures.
- Collaborated with the practice’s orthodontic referral network to co-diagnose seven cases requiring pre-orthodontic extractions, coordinating extraction timing with the treating orthodontist to preserve arch-space planning.
Dental Extern / Supervised Clinical Resident, Bon Secours Community Health and Dental Center, Richmond, VA | January 2020 – August 2020
- Rotated through general dentistry, oral surgery, and pediatric clinics over eight months, completing 210 supervised patient encounters across all three departments.
- Performed 34 uncomplicated extractions under direct attending supervision, including sectioned mandibular third-molar removals, with wound healing verified at one-week post-op visits for 31 of 34 cases.
- Recorded medical histories, vital signs, and chief complaints for each patient encounter using eClinicalWorks EHR, producing intake documentation that the attending confirmed required edits on fewer than 5% of visits.
- Delivered chairside oral hygiene instruction in English and basic Spanish to patients at a federally qualified health center serving a predominantly underinsured population, reaching 90 patients during the extern period.
- Presented two case reports at the center’s monthly resident conference, covering differential diagnosis of a periapical lesion and management of a patient with bisphosphonate history requiring extraction.
Key Skills
- Oral examination and radiographic interpretation (periapical, bitewing, panoramic)
- Restorative dentistry: direct composites, amalgam, inlays, and onlays
- Local and regional anesthesia administration (infiltration and nerve block techniques)
- Crown, bridge, and fixed prosthetics: prep through seating
- Endodontic treatment: pulp therapy and single- and multi-canal root canal procedures
- Periodontal assessment and non-surgical scaling and root planing
- Prescription writing for antibiotics, analgesics, and antifungals in compliance with DEA protocols
- Patient education on caries prevention, gingival health, and home-care regimens
- Henry Schein Dentrix and ACE Dental practice management software
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) | Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry | May 2020
- Virginia Dental License (Active) | Virginia Board of Dentistry | September 2020
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in Dentistry
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, VA | August 2016 – May 2020
Bachelor of Science in Biology
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA | August 2012 – May 2016
Drew Miller
(555) 304-7821
[email protected]
Detroit, MI
Profile
Specializes in oral biofilm dynamics and clinical trial design within academic dental research, where translating bench findings into protocol-ready studies demands equal parts scientific rigor and cross-disciplinary coordination. Trained in mixed-methods data collection and experienced with REDCap for longitudinal patient tracking across multi-site trials. Over the past 13 years, has contributed to funded research that shaped departmental clinical guidelines and produced seven peer-reviewed publications in restorative and preventive dentistry journals.
Professional Experience
Senior Dental Research Scientist, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Detroit, MI | March 2018 – Present
- Lead a four-investigator team conducting a NIDCR-funded randomized controlled trial comparing silver diamine fluoride protocols in 210 adult participants across three community clinic sites in southeastern Michigan.
- Built and maintain a REDCap database housing 14,000 longitudinal data points, cutting data-cleaning time by roughly half compared to the spreadsheet workflow used in the prior grant cycle.
- Designed the radiographic scoring rubric now used department-wide for caries lesion progression tracking, adopted by 11 faculty researchers since its introduction in 2021.
- Contributed primary authorship or co-authorship to seven peer-reviewed articles in journals including the Journal of Dental Research and Caries Research, accumulating 430 total citations as of 2024.
- Secured a no-cost extension on a $620,000 R01 award by delivering all Year 3 enrollment milestones before the October 2023 deadline, keeping the study on pace for its planned 2025 close.
- Mentored six dental students through structured research rotations each academic year, three of whom went on to present at the IADR Annual Meeting.
- Reviewed and approved oral examination procedures for all field examiners, maintaining inter-rater kappa scores above 0.82 across every quarterly calibration session held from 2019 through 2024.
Clinical Research Coordinator, Dentistry, Beaumont Health Dental Research Institute, Royal Oak, MI | July 2014 – February 2018
- Coordinated participant scheduling, clinical assessments, and follow-up appointments for two concurrent NIH-funded studies enrolling a combined 155 patients over 44 months.
- Extracted and de-identified patient records from Henry Schein Dentrix to populate study datasets, reducing transcription errors identified at quarterly audits to fewer than three per 500 records in FY2017.
- Drafted and revised three IRB submissions, all approved without modification on first review by the institutional board, covering protocols for caries prevention and dentin hypersensitivity studies.
- Administered standardized oral health questionnaires, recording chief complaints, medical histories, and medication lists for 155 enrolled subjects and reconciling responses against clinical findings documented by the attending dentist.
- Prepared progress reports for two program officers at NIDCR, meeting all Federal Fiscal Year reporting deadlines from FY2015 through FY2017 without a single late submission.
- Trained three incoming research assistants on clinical examination technique and REDCap data entry, cutting onboarding time from six weeks to three.
Research Assistant, Oral Biology Laboratory, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI | September 2011 – June 2014
- Performed in vitro biofilm assays on Streptococcus mutans cultures, generating quantitative colony-forming unit data used in 23 experimental runs across two funded pilot projects.
- Assisted the principal investigator in preparing the literature review and preliminary data sections for a successfully funded R21 application totaling $275,000 in direct costs.
- Processed and mounted 340 histological tooth specimens for scanning electron microscopy, maintaining a labeling accuracy rate that the lab supervisor described as the highest among four concurrent graduate projects.
- Presented a poster on enamel remineralization kinetics at the 2013 AADR Annual Meeting, fielding questions from a review panel of 12 faculty from competing institutions.
- Catalogued reagent inventory weekly using a custom Microsoft Excel tracking sheet, flagging low-stock items so the lab avoided unplanned procurement delays across 18 months of active bench work.
Key Skills
- Clinical trial protocol design and IRB submission
- REDCap database build and longitudinal data management
- Radiographic data interpretation (periapical and bitewing series)
- Oral microbiology and biofilm analysis techniques
- Henry Schein Dentrix patient record and data extraction
- Statistical analysis for dental outcomes research (SPSS, R)
- Manuscript preparation and peer-review response
- Grant writing and NIH/NIDCR budget justification
- Research participant recruitment and informed-consent procedures
Certifications
- Certification in Clinical Research Coordination (CCRC) | Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) | April 2016
- Human Subjects Research Certification (CITI Program, Biomedical Track) | Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) | January 2023
- NIH Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Certificate | National Institutes of Health Office of Research Integrity | August 2020
Education
Ph.D. in Oral Biology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | September 2011 – May 2015
Bachelor of Science in Biology with a concentration in Cell and Molecular Biology
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | September 2007 – May 2011
Chris Taylor
(555) 408-2291
[email protected]
Sacramento, CA
Profile
DMD graduate with clinical training in general dentistry, completing a one-year residency at a community health center serving underinsured adults in the Sacramento region. Trained in Dentrix charting, periapical and panoramic radiograph review, and chairside infection-control protocols across a high-volume, two-operatory setting. Brings careful attention to patient histories, informed-consent verification, and clear patient education, with all clinical work supervised and co-signed by attending dentists. Passed the ADEX clinical licensure examination on first attempt in March 2024.
Professional Experience
General Dentistry Resident (Supervised Clinical Trainee), River District Community Health Center, Sacramento, CA | July 2024 – Present
- Assisted attending dentists during direct restorative procedures, including Class I and Class II composite placements, across 11 patient visits completed in Q3 2024.
- Documented chief complaints, blood pressure readings, and updated medical histories for 38 new patient intake appointments, entering all data into Dentrix before the scheduled exam.
- Supported attending review of periapical and bitewing radiographs for 26 patients, logging identified findings (carious lesions, calculus, bony changes) in the chart note under direct supervision.
- Organized daily sterilization cycle logs for both assigned operatory bays, verifying that autoclave spore-test results were filed each Monday before patient hours began.
- Helped explain proposed two-appointment crown preparations to patients using a typodont model, then verified that signed informed-consent forms were placed in the chart prior to the procedure.
- Reviewed draft antibiotic and analgesic prescriptions alongside the attending dentist for 14 post-extraction cases, cross-checking allergy flags in Dentrix before the attending committed the prescription.
- Compiled a weekly tally of personal protective equipment (PPE) usage across both operatories, tracking glove, mask, and gown counts to support the clinic manager’s monthly supply order.
Dental Clinic Volunteer Assistant, Pacific Coast Free Dental Clinic, San Francisco, CA | September 2023 – May 2024
- Supported four licensed dentists during Saturday clinic days by setting up instrument trays, seating patients, and logging each completed procedure in the paper encounter form.
- Assisted with full-mouth radiographic series for nine patients over the fall 2023 semester, positioning the film sensor and cone under the supervising dentist’s direct instruction.
- Tracked patient recall cards for a 22-person active roster, flagging overdue six-month hygiene appointments and handing the list to the clinic coordinator each Friday.
- Helped translate post-extraction care instructions into plain language for Spanish-speaking patients, reading each instruction aloud and confirming understanding before dismissal.
- Entered encounter data for 31 patient visits into the clinic’s ACE Dental software, verifying that procedure codes matched the attending’s hand-written chart notes before saving the record.
Key Skills
- Periapical and bitewing radiograph exposure and labeling
- Patient health history intake and medical-alert documentation
- Infection control and instrument sterilization logging (OSHA/CDC standards)
- Dental charting (Henry Schein Dentrix)
- Local anesthesia setup and tray preparation for infiltration techniques
- Patient education: post-operative instructions and home-care counseling
- Treatment plan documentation under attending supervision
- Reading comprehension and application of clinical protocols
- Spanish-language patient communication (conversational)
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) — ADEX Clinical Licensure Examination Passed | American Board of Dental Examiners | March 2024
- California Dental License (Pending Active Status) | Dental Board of California | June 2024
Education
Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) in Dentistry
University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA | August 2020 – May 2024
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA | September 2016 – June 2020
Jamie Smith
(555) 304-7821
[email protected]
Tucson, AZ
Profile
Picked up a chairside assisting role during the second year of dental school and discovered that the clinical side of patient care was where everything clicked. Comfortable working alongside supervising dentists in Dentrix-based practices, logging treatment notes, setting up instrument trays, and walking patients through what to expect before and after procedures. Brings a calm presence in the operatory that patients notice, and keeps documentation accurate enough that the supervising dentist rarely needs to correct an entry.
Professional Experience
Dental Assistant (Extern), Sonoran Family Dental Care, Tucson, AZ | January 2024 – Present
- Assisted the supervising dentist during Class I and Class II composite restorations on 18 patients over a six-week rotation, handing instruments and mixing bonding agents on cue.
- Entered chief complaints, updated allergy flags, and logged blood pressure readings for every patient into Dentrix before the dentist entered the operatory, keeping pre-visit charting at zero backlogs across all eight weeks of placement.
- Supported panoramic and full-mouth periapical series on 11 patients, positioning the sensor, labeling each image by tooth number, and routing the completed series to the attending for interpretation.
- Organized sterilization records for the two assigned operatory bays, cross-checking instrument counts against the pre-session tray checklist so the lead dental assistant could sign off without a recount on 32 of 35 sessions.
- Helped the front-desk coordinator explain two-visit indirect restoration timelines to three patients who had questions after their exam, using the mounted model kept at chair-side to point out the prep and final-seating steps.
- Logged supply consumption by category at the end of each clinic day, noting unit quantities used across six supply classes and handing the tally to the office manager for the weekly Henry Schein reorder review.
Front Desk and Sterilization Aide (Part-Time), Rincon Ridge Dental Studio, Tucson, AZ | May 2023 – December 2023
- Verified that signed informed-consent forms were on file and that allergy fields were completed in ABELDent before flagging the chart as ready, catching four incomplete records across the summer that the supervising staff corrected before the appointments began.
- Supported the sterilization tech by running the autoclave cycle, affixing cycle-pass indicator tape, and logging the result by date and load number in the paper sterilization binder, maintaining a clean log through all 14 weeks of employment.
- Tracked recall appointment gaps for a 40-patient active panel, pulling the list each Monday morning and routing it to the hygienist so she could prioritize outreach calls.
- Documented patient-reported symptoms and the reason for each visit in plain language so the dentist could review notes before entering the operatory, reducing the verbal hand-off time the dentist needed on busy afternoons.
- Helped seat patients before nitrous oxide sedation appointments by explaining the mask placement process and answering the three questions patients asked most often, which the supervising dentist noted cut her pre-sedation explanation time noticeably.
Key Skills
- Dental charting and Dentrix EHR data entry
- Infection control and PPE compliance (OSHA bloodborne-pathogen standards)
- Periapical and bitewing radiograph exposure and labeling
- Patient education on home-care and post-procedure instructions
- Instrument tray setup and sterilization cycle logging
- Reading comprehension of treatment-plan documentation
- Active listening and clear verbal communication with anxious patients
- Supply inventory tracking (Henry Schein ordering system)
- Four-handed chairside support during restorative and prophylaxis appointments
Certifications
- Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) Radiation Health and Safety (RHS) Certificate | Dental Assisting National Board | March 2024
Education
Associate of Applied Science in Dental Assisting
Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ | August 2022 – May 2024
Pat Morgan
(555) 348-2091
[email protected]
Tucson, AZ
Profile
Handles a 900-patient active roster across a busy general practice and a federally qualified health center rotation, delivering preventive and restorative care under close attending supervision. Solid grounding in Henry Schein Dentrix for charting, scheduling, and treatment-plan documentation built during dental school and carried into both clinical posts. Earns high patient-satisfaction scores by translating complex treatment plans into plain language that reduces appointment no-shows and improves home-care compliance.
Professional Experience
Associate Dentist, Saguaro Family Dental Group, Tucson, AZ | August 2023 – Present
- Examine teeth, gums, and supporting tissue for 18–22 patients per day using periapical, bitewing, and panoramic radiographs, then present findings and treatment options in language patients can act on.
- Perform Class I through Class III composite restorations, recording material batch numbers and cure times in Dentrix after each procedure to maintain a complete clinical audit trail.
- Administer inferior alveolar, mental, and palatal nerve blocks before restorative and extraction procedures, achieving adequate anesthesia on the first attempt for 96 of every 100 cases seen since January 2024.
- Formulate written treatment plans for patients with untreated decay, periodontal concerns, and missing teeth, prioritizing care by urgency and coordinating specialist referrals for cases beyond the practice’s scope.
- Write prescriptions for amoxicillin, clindamycin, and ibuprofen in accordance with Arizona Board of Dental Examiners guidelines, documenting indication and dosage in the patient record every time.
- Counsel patients on brushing technique, interdental cleaning, and diet modification at recall visits, contributing to a 23% drop in the practice’s missed-recall rate between Q4 2023 and Q2 2024.
- Wear appropriate PPE (mask, gloves, protective eyewear, and gown) for every patient contact and verify sterilization pouch integrity before opening instruments at chairside.
Dental Intern (Supervised Clinical Rotation), Old Pueblo Community Health Center, Tucson, AZ | January 2023 – July 2023
- Rotated through a Title X-funded clinic serving roughly 340 uninsured and underinsured patients per month, providing exams, prophylaxis, and restorative treatment under direct attending oversight.
- Completed full-mouth radiographic series on 61 patients across the six-month rotation, flagging periapical pathology and bone loss findings to the supervising dentist before charting.
- Prepared single-surface and two-surface amalgam and composite restorations on 84 teeth, with zero recorded post-operative sensitivity complaints in the 30-day follow-up log maintained by the clinic coordinator.
- Entered medical-history updates, chief complaints, and vital signs into eClinicalWorks EHR at intake for every assigned patient, keeping records current ahead of the attending’s examination.
- Participated in four oral-hygiene education sessions for groups of seven to 12 pediatric patients, using illustrated models to demonstrate proper flossing and explain sugar-acid enamel erosion.
- Assisted the attending dentist during three surgical single-tooth extractions, maintaining field visibility with retraction and suction while tracking instrument counts before and after each procedure.
Key Skills
- Intraoral and panoramic radiograph exposure and interpretation
- Local anesthetic administration: infiltration and nerve block technique
- Treatment plan documentation (Henry Schein Dentrix)
- Caries detection and cavity preparation for Class I–III restorations
- Infection control and instrument sterilization protocol compliance
- Patient education and preventive counseling
- Prescription writing for antibiotics and analgesics under state guidelines
- Critical thinking in case triage and oral pathology recognition
- Reading comprehension of current clinical guidelines and peer literature
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) License — Arizona | Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners | July 2023
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) in Dentistry
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix (Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health), Mesa, AZ | August 2019 – May 2023
Bachelor of Science in Biology
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM | August 2015 – May 2019
Alex Johnson
(555) 304-7812
[email protected]
Tampa, FL
Profile
General dentist with just over one year of clinical experience following completion of a DMD program at the University of Florida. Skilled in full-mouth examination, digital radiograph interpretation using Dentrix, and same-day treatment planning for patients ranging from pediatric to geriatric. Passed Florida Board examinations on the first attempt and held a clean chart-audit record through the first 14 months of practice. Builds patient trust through plain-language explanations that keep recall rates high and chair-time productive.
Professional Experience
Associate Dentist, Suncoast Family Dental Group, Tampa, FL | August 2023 – Present
- Examine teeth, gums, and soft-tissue conditions for 18 to 22 patients each clinic day, documenting findings in Dentrix and formulating same-visit treatment plans for straightforward restorative cases.
- Place Class I through Class IV composite restorations, averaging 11 restorations per week with post-placement feedback scores of 4.6 out of 5 in the clinic’s internal quality log.
- Administer inferior alveolar nerve blocks and palatal infiltrations before operative procedures, keeping patient-reported pain scores at two or below on a 10-point VAS across 97 of the last 110 charted procedures.
- Interpret digital bitewing and panoramic radiographs to detect interproximal caries, periapical pathology, and bone loss, referring three cases to an endodontist and two to oral surgery after identifying findings outside general-dentist scope.
- Write antibiotic and analgesic prescriptions for acute infections and post-extraction pain management, following ADA evidence-based prescribing guidelines and recording every prescription in the state PDMP portal before the patient leaves the office.
- Counsel patients on individualized home-care routines, including powered-brush technique, flossing aids, and fluoride rinse selection, contributing to a practice recall-visit compliance rate of 68% among the assigned patient panel.
- Maintain strict infection-control protocols — mask, gloves, and protective eyewear for every procedure — and complete monthly OSHA log verification with zero deficiencies across the August 2023 through July 2024 review cycle.
Dental Extern (D4 Clinical Rotation), Alachua County Health Department Dental Clinic, Gainesville, FL | January 2023 – May 2023
- Rotated through a safety-net clinic serving uninsured and Medicaid-eligible adults, completing 148 supervised patient encounters over a 16-week placement.
- Performed full-mouth examinations on 34 new patients, recording pocket depths, bleeding-on-probing scores, and tooth mobility before presenting findings to a supervising dentist for treatment-plan approval.
- Placed 27 Class II amalgam and composite restorations under direct supervision, receiving clinical competency sign-off on all submitted cases with no remakes required.
- Took and mounted full-mouth radiographic series for six assigned patients using the clinic’s digital sensor system, reducing sensor-placement errors to zero by the sixth week of the rotation after feedback from the attending.
- Educated Spanish-speaking patients on scaling and root planing aftercare using a bilingual pamphlet and teach-back confirmation, improving documented comprehension rates in the visit notes from 55% to 82% across the cohort seen.
- Observed and assisted during four simple and two surgical extraction procedures, managing instrument transfer, retraction, and post-operative gauze placement under attending direction.
Dental Assistant (Part-Time), Palms Crossing Dental Studio, Orlando, FL | May 2019 – July 2021
- Supported two general dentists across six operatories during a period of enrollment in pre-dental coursework, gaining 2,100 clinical-floor hours before entering dental school.
- Prepared and passed instruments during composite, crown-prep, and extraction procedures using four-handed technique, keeping average chair-time per restorative appointment at 48 minutes against a 50-minute schedule target.
- Managed instrument sterilization cycles for the assigned bay, logging autoclave run times and biological indicator results every morning and maintaining a complete paper trail through two state board inspections, both of which passed without citations.
- Captured periapical and bitewing radiographs for 15 to 20 patients each day, earning the practice’s internal ‘image quality’ score of 4.8 out of 5 from reviewing dentists across a 12-month stretch from mid-2020 through mid-2021.
- Handled patient-facing intake tasks including updating medical histories, confirming allergy lists, and explaining appointment sequences for multi-visit crown cases using a mounted tooth model.
Key Skills
- Oral examination and periodontal charting (probing, mobility, furcation grading)
- Digital radiography interpretation (periapical, bitewing, and panoramic series)
- Local anesthesia administration (mandibular block and maxillary infiltration techniques)
- Henry Schein Dentrix practice management software
- Patient education and behavior-change counseling for home oral hygiene
- Restorative procedures: Class I-V composite placement and polishing
- Infection control and OSHA bloodborne-pathogen compliance
- Critical thinking and triage for acute dental pain presentations
- Treatment plan communication with anxious and first-time adult patients
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) | University of Florida College of Dentistry | May 2023
- Florida Dental License (Active) | Florida Board of Dentistry | August 2023
Education
Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) in Dentistry
University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL | August 2019 – May 2023
Bachelor of Science in Biology (Pre-Dental Track)
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL | August 2015 – May 2019
Morgan Davis
(555) 384-2917
[email protected]
Tucson, AZ
Profile
Grew a private practice patient base by 430 active charts over three years at Piedmont Dental Partners, while holding a 47-minute average chair-to-discharge time across general and restorative procedures. Fluent in Henry Schein Dentrix for scheduling, charting, and insurance pre-authorization; equally comfortable reading cone-beam CT scans for complex extraction planning. Blends surgical confidence with the kind of patient communication that converts anxious first-timers into long-term recall patients.
Professional Experience
Associate General Dentist, Piedmont Dental Partners, Tucson, AZ | March 2021 – Present
- Manage a full-time clinical schedule averaging 14 patient visits per day across preventive, restorative, and minor oral surgery appointments.
- Perform comprehensive oral examinations and interpret four-quadrant bitewing and panoramic radiographs, catching pathology early enough to avoid extraction in 38 cases during FY2023 alone.
- Placed 112 posterior composite restorations and 29 ceramic crowns in 2024 with zero post-seating remakes logged through year-end.
- Administer inferior alveolar, buccal, and Gow-Gates nerve blocks for surgical extractions, maintaining a patient-reported comfort score of 4.6 out of 5 on post-visit surveys.
- Coordinate with an oral surgeon for three to five referred implant cases per month, writing detailed prosthetic prescriptions that cut case-coordination calls by roughly half.
- Prescribe antibiotics and analgesics according to ADA evidence-based guidelines, completing mandatory antibiotic-stewardship CE every calendar year since 2021.
- Supervise two dental assistants and a hygienist, conducting monthly 30-minute case-review huddles that improved instrument-tray accuracy to 99.3% across six operatories.
General Dentist, Saguaro Community Health Center, Tucson, AZ | June 2018 – February 2021
- Delivered primary dental care to an underserved, predominantly Spanish-speaking population at a federally qualified health center seeing 80-plus unique patients per week.
- Diagnosed and treated acute dental pain presentations, including pulpitis, periapical abscess, and dentoalveolar trauma, covering urgent-care slots three days each week.
- Completed 204 simple and surgical extractions across FY2019 and FY2020 combined, with a post-operative complication rate well below the national FQHC benchmark of 11%.
- Introduced ACE Dental charting templates that standardized periodontal documentation clinic-wide, reducing incomplete-record flags during the 2020 HRSA compliance review to just four.
- Educated patients on tobacco-cessation resources, dietary sugar reduction, and fluoride-varnish benefits; tracked a 27-percentage-point rise in sealant acceptance rates among pediatric patients between 2019 and 2020.
- Trained two incoming dental residents on local anesthesia technique and instrument identification during a six-week onboarding rotation each year.
Dental Intern / Resident (AEGD Track), Tucson Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Tucson, AZ | July 2017 – May 2018 | July 2017 – May 2018
- Rotated through general dentistry, oral surgery, and periodontics clinics serving a veteran population with high rates of diabetes, hypertension, and polypharmacy.
- Performed 63 restorative procedures under attending supervision, including Class I through Class IV composites and stainless-steel crown placements for caries-arrested molars.
- Developed individualized treatment plans for 18 medically compromised patients, coordinating with VA physicians to adjust anticoagulation protocols before extraction appointments.
- Interpreted 340 radiographic series using the VA’s eClinicalWorks EHR platform, logging findings and flagging three cases of suspected early-stage squamous cell lesions for biopsy referral.
- Drafted written prescriptions for post-surgical analgesic regimens and completed all required VA opioid-prescribing training modules before the Q4 2017 compliance deadline.
Key Skills
- Full-mouth examination and periodontal charting (6-point probing, furcation grading)
- Restorative dentistry: direct composite, ceramic inlays, and multi-unit bridge prep
- Local and regional anesthesia delivery (inferior alveolar, Gow-Gates, palatal blocks)
- Radiographic interpretation: periapical, bitewing, panoramic, and CBCT series
- Treatment planning and case presentation for phobic or medically complex patients
- Practice management software: Henry Schein Dentrix, ACE Dental, ABELDent
- Prescription authority: analgesics, antibiotics, and antifungal regimens
- Infection control and OSHA-compliant sterilization protocol oversight
- Patient education on caries prevention, periodontal maintenance, and dietary habits
Certifications
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) License — Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners | Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners | July 2017
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers | American Heart Association | January 2024
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) in Dentistry
University of Arizona College of Medicine (Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health), Mesa, AZ | August 2013 – May 2017
Bachelor of Science in Biology (Pre-Health Concentration)
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM | August 2009 – May 2013