KARLA FABIOLA TORRES NAVARRETE
Vancouver,BC
Summary
Detail-oriented Dental Surgeon with over 16 years of experience. Known for providing great, compassionate care with focus on quick recovery and minimal pain. Dedicated to modernizing processes for effective treatments and best-in-class work. Collaborative dentist dedicated to providing and managing direct patient care, including examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
GENERAL DENTISTRY
MULTIPLE CLINICS
08.2011 - 05.2016
- Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through the development of innovative solut
- Created individualized treatment plans to maintain or restore oral health of patients.
- Performed regular preventive dentistry services including scaling, polishing, fluoride application to maintain excellent oral health status amongst clientele base.
- Managed dental emergencies efficiently, minimizing pain and discomfort while stabilizing the affected area until further treatment could be provided.
- Communicated one-on-one with patients during consultative appointments to explain treatment plan and educate on upcoming procedures.
- Completed operations per day with patients treated with local anesthetics.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Closely monitored patient comfort during treatments, adjusting tools and medications to uphold best-in-class comfort standards.
- Enhanced patient comfort with the use of advanced anesthetic techniques and pain management strategies.
- Collaborated with dentists and orthodontists to provide comprehensive care to patients.
- Alleviated infections with debriding and surgical procedures.
- Removed impacted and non-restorable teeth, both during surgeries, and day-to-day procedures.
- Mentored junior dental professionals to enhance their skills in surgical techniques and patient communication methods.
Dental Surgeon
JESUS AKUMATE HOSPITAL
08.2013 - 08.2014
- Assessed hospital patients'' progress regularly and provided constructive feedback for continuous improvement.
- Established strong relationships with patients, families, and co- workers through open communication channels like newsletters, phone calls or meetings.
- Designed, or follow a previous teaching technic in order to communicate and transmit knowledge to the patients, in an easy and practical way.
- Utilized data visualization techniques to present and explain complex data sets.(visualization it is a very important skill, and could work as a tool for a better educational absorption)
- dental hygiene orientation (general admission patients )
- HIV patients deep and personalized orientation, understanding about their condition and making them conscious about the importance of the oral health.
- general talking, seminars and orientation to patients from different areas such as pediatric, aggravated conditions (diabetes, etc), gynecology areas.
- pregnancy assistance in oral health and relates.
- Performed regular preventive dentistry services including scaling, polishing, fluoride application to maintain excellent oral health status amongst clientele base.
- Created individualized treatment plans to maintain or restore oral health of patients.
- Managed dental emergencies efficiently, minimizing pain and discomfort while stabilizing the affected area until further treatment could be provided.
- Streamlined appointment scheduling for increased efficiency and reduced wait times.
- Communicated one-on-one with patients during consultative appointments to explain treatment plan and educate on upcoming procedures.
- Enhanced patient comfort with the use of advanced anesthetic techniques and pain management strategies.
Instructor's Assistant (SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS)
Special Education Department
08.2010 - 07.2011
- Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
- Developed materials for classroom teachers to support instruction, lab work or in-class activities.
- Monitored student behavior in classes, laboratories and on field trips for unsafe or rule-breaking concerns.
- Tutored struggling students individually and in small groups to reinforce learning concepts.
- Completed daily reports on attendance and disciplinary performance.
- Mainly working with kids with special needs such as, autism, down syndrome, speech language others.
Dental Assistant/Registered Dental Assistant, Chairside
Dental Clinic MEDIDENT CANCUN
08.2008 - 06.2010
- Monitored patient comfort and safety during dental procedures.
- Maintained a clean and sterile work environment to prevent cross-contamination and infection.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Reduced appointment cancellations by implementing reminder calls and text messaging services, resulting in improved scheduling efficiency.
- Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for [Number] procedures daily.
- Explained treatment procedures and instructed patients on home care guidelines.
- Taking full or partial RX Series
- following appointments and pending payments,
Education
Bachelor of Science - DENTAL SURGEON
VERACRUZANA UNIVERSITY
MEXICO08.2013
Skills
- Emergency Dental Care
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Practice Management
- Cosmetic Dentistry
- Oral Surgery
- Case Presentation
- Preventive Care
- Restorative Dentistry
- Oral Hygiene Instruction
- Pediatric Dentistry
- Infection control maintenance
- Safety Procedures
- X-ray review
- Extracting teeth
- Dental impressions
- Dental surgeries
- etc
Languages
English
Professional Working
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Certification
- Certified dental assistant by the NDAEB AND THE BCCOHP IN PROCESS
- TRAINING DIPLOMAS, small courses back in mexico about, clinics managements and others
Timeline
Dental Surgeon
JESUS AKUMATE HOSPITAL
08.2013 - 08.2014
GENERAL DENTISTRY
MULTIPLE CLINICS
08.2011 - 05.2016
Instructor's Assistant (SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS)
Special Education Department
08.2010 - 07.2011
Dental Assistant/Registered Dental Assistant, Chairside
Dental Clinic MEDIDENT CANCUN
08.2008 - 06.2010
Bachelor of Science - DENTAL SURGEON
VERACRUZANA UNIVERSITY
- Certified dental assistant by the NDAEB AND THE BCCOHP IN PROCESS
- TRAINING DIPLOMAS, small courses back in mexico about, clinics managements and others
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