RezUpDental Assistant resume example
A dental assistant resume example with radiology certification, chairside volume and sterilization compliance — the checkable credentials dental offices screen for first.
Marisol Vega
Summary
RDA with 5 years chairside across general and pediatric practices. Supports 2 doctors at 10-14 patients a day, holds Texas RDA and nitrous monitoring certifications, and passed 3 consecutive OSHA/HIPAA audits as sterilization lead.
Experience
Registered Dental Assistant — Alamo Family Dental 2022 – Present
- Chairside for 2 doctors at 10-14 patients daily: four-handed dentistry, digital X-rays (Dexis), impressions and provisional crowns
- Sterilization lead: passed 3 consecutive OSHA/HIPAA audits with zero findings; retrained 4 assistants on instrument-processing flow
- Cut average room-turnover time from 9 to 6 minutes, adding 2 bookable slots a day per operatory
Dental Assistant — Little Smiles Pediatric Dentistry 2020 – 2022
- Assisted pediatric procedures including sealants and stainless-steel crowns for a 30-patient/day practice
- Maintained 98% chart-note same-day completion in Dentrix across a 4-assistant team
Skills
Four-handed chairside assisting · Digital radiography (Dexis, RVG) · Sterilization & OSHA compliance · Dentrix & Eaglesoft charting · Impressions & provisional crowns · Nitrous oxide monitoring (certified)
Education
RDA — Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, 2020 · Dental Assisting Certificate, San Antonio College, 2020 · Nitrous Oxide Monitoring Certification, 2021
Fictional example for illustration — names, employers and numbers are invented, but every bullet follows the honest formula: action + scope + verifiable result. Never copy claims you can't defend in an interview.
Certifications are the first filter
State registration, radiology and nitrous certifications with years — offices verify these against the state board before calling, so make them findable in seconds.
Show volume and the software
Patients per day, doctors supported, and the exact systems (Dentrix, Dexis) tell an office manager you can slot into their schedule without a training month.
Compliance wins are quantifiable
Clean audit streaks and turnover-time improvements are rare, concrete numbers on assistant resumes — they signal you run the back office, not just sit in it.
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