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Dental assistant resume example

A dental office hires an assistant who can keep the chair moving: ready trays, clean X-rays, perfect sterilization and calm patients. Here is a complete example for a registered dental assistant in a busy general practice, plus tips for chairside and front-office roles.

Sofia’s registered dental assistant resume in the Balance template: a profile across the top, then two equal columns with fuchsia accents: experience on the left; skills, education, certifications and languages on the right

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Sofia Ramirez, RDA

Registered Dental Assistant

[email protected] · (555) 018-5521 · Sacramento, CA

Summary

Registered dental assistant with six years of chairside experience in a general practice. Assist with fillings, crowns, extractions and root canals, take digital X-rays and keep sterilization to CDC guidelines. Calm with nervous patients and fast at room turnover.

Experience

Registered Dental Assistant

Bright Oak Family Dentistry · May 2022 – Present

  • Assist two dentists chairside with 14–18 patients a day in a six-chair practice.
  • Take and process digital radiographs and intraoral scans with iTero.
  • Run the sterilization area and log weekly spore tests; the office passed its last two inspections with no findings.
  • Chart treatment notes in Dentrix and explain after-care to every patient before they leave.

Dental Assistant

Smile Point Dental Group · Aug 2020 – Apr 2022

  • Prepared and turned over operatories between patients in under 10 minutes.
  • Made temporary crowns and poured study models.
  • Confirmed appointments and verified dental insurance when the front desk needed cover.

Skills

  • Four-handed dentistry
  • Digital radiography
  • Infection control
  • Sterilization
  • Dentrix
  • iTero scanning
  • Temporary crowns
  • Patient education
  • Spanish (fluent)

Education

Dental Assisting Certificate

Valley Career College · 2019 – 2020

Licenses and certifications

Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) · BLS

The person, employers and schools in this example are fictional.

How to write your dental assistant resume

  1. List your registration and radiography permit

    Rules differ by state. Put your RDA, CDA or radiography permit near the top with the issuing board so the office knows you can take X-rays on day one.

  2. Name the procedures you assist with

    Fillings, crowns, extractions, root canals, implants or orthodontics. A specialist office reads this line first.

  3. Show infection control as a result

    Sterilization logs, spore tests and clean inspections are proof of the most important habit in the job.

  4. Mention practice software and equipment

    Dentrix, Eaglesoft or Open Dental, digital sensors and scanners such as iTero. Each one you know saves training time.

  5. Include patient and front-desk skills

    Calming nervous patients, explaining after-care and covering insurance checks make you useful in a small office.

Questions

What skills should a dental assistant resume include?

Chairside assisting, radiography, infection control and sterilization, impressions or scans, temporary crowns, practice software and patient care. Add front-office skills if you have them.

Do I need a certification to work as a dental assistant?

It depends on the state. Some require registration or a radiography permit for certain duties, and others train on the job. Check your state dental board and list what you hold.

How do I write a dental assistant resume with no experience?

Lead with your dental assisting program and its externship: the practice type, hours and the procedures you assisted with. Add BLS, any radiography permit and customer service jobs.

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Balance, the template in this example, splits the page into two equal columns, so a long skills list and your certifications still fit on one page.

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