Ibadan Oyo, Nigeria
Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Email: xxx@xxxx.xxx
Looking For: Dental Therapist,
Occupation: Healthcare
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Career Level: Experienced
Languages: English
Highlights:
Skills:Dental Therapy
DENTAL THERAPIST 02/2014 - current
OYO STATE HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT BOARD, IBADAN, OYO Nigeria
Industry: HEALTHCARE
As a Dental Therapist
• Communicates one-on-one with patients during consultative appointments to explain treatment plans and educate
them on upcoming procedures.
• Creates individualized treatment plans to maintain or restore patients' oral health.
• Administration of anaesthetics and sedatives to control patients' pain and reduce stress for anxious patients during
procedures.
• Improves patients' comfort by providing calm and professional care, explaining procedures, answering questions, and
carefully managing pain.
• Correct administration local anaesthetic and adjunctive therapies such as fluoride treatments and irrigation.
• Performs root canal procedures to treat nerve and dental pulp issues and prevent further damage to teeth and
gums.
• Checks teeth for signs of decay by assessing visually, manually, and via radiography to recommend treatment options such as fillings and sealants.
• Advise patients on appropriate treatment for pain following procedures by giving specific home care instructions.
• Educates patients and families about dental issues and proper oral care to prevent dental decay and disease.
• Devotes special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain an outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately.
• Develops team communications and information for staff meetings.
• Resolves teeth sensitivity problems, improved operations, and provided exceptional client support.
• Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins.
• Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
• Provide treatment for those who are physically and medically compromised.
• Carries out advanced dental cleaning services, including Scaling and polishing.--
DENTAL THERAPIST 12/2010 - 06/2013
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL, IBADAN - IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA, IBADAN, OYO Nigeria
Industry: HEALTHCARE
Human health and social work activities, Department Periodontology
• Conducted Oral examinations in both adults and children
• Taking impressions on teeth
• Scaling and polishing of teeth
• Oral Health Education
• Intra-oral and extra-oral assessment
• Record indices and monitor disease
• Maintained an excellent attendance record
• Reviewed and interpreted important lab results and explained
• Implications to patients--
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