Dental Assistant Resume Example
A mid-level dental assistant in Fresno, seven years in, who started at a pediatric dental office, earned a California RDA license and DANB's CDA, and is now lead assistant at a three-dentist general practice.
A fictional resume written by our team. The person, employers and numbers are invented; the tools, licenses and schools are real.
Why it works
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“Registered dental assistant (California) and DANB Certified Dental Assistant with 7 years chairside in pediatric and general dentistry, now lead assistant for a 3-dentist practice. Assist on about 18 patients a day, take digital impressions for same-day crowns and run sterilization for 7 operatories.”
The state license, the national certification, the years, the practice types, the volume and the work the office relies on. An office manager checks those before the first bullet.
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“Assist 3 general dentists across 7 operatories in Dentrix, about 18 patients a day on my column”
The practice, the volume and the software in one line. 'Assisted the dentist' gives none of them.
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“Cut average room turnover from 14 to 9 minutes by building procedure tubs for the 6 most common appointments”
A speed result with the change behind it. Turnover is the number a dentist feels most from an assistant.
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“Cut bitewing retakes from about 1 in 8 to 1 in 20 after running a positioning refresher on Dexis sensors for 4 assistants”
An imaging quality number, plus training others. Fewer retakes means less exposure for the patient and less chair time.
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“Run weekly spore tests on 2 autoclaves and keep the sterilization logs as infection control lead, with no failed tests in 2025”
Infection control as work done, with the test and the record. 'Maintained a sterile environment' is what most resumes say instead.
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“Assisted 2 pediatric dentists with about 30 patients a day, including stainless steel crowns, pulpotomies and nitrous appointments”
The specialty, the pace and the procedures a pediatric office does all day.
How it scored
We ran this example through the same free roast you can use, three times, and kept the middle result. The roast ranks a resume against a typical applicant pile and grades hard: even a resume with a number in nearly every bullet usually lands in the B range.
Copy the text
Use it as a skeleton, then replace every line with your own work. A copied bullet with someone else's numbers is the fastest way to fail an interview question.
Teagan Raghavan Registered Dental Assistant and CDA | General and Pediatric Dentistry Fresno, CA | teagan.raghavan@example.com SUMMARY Registered dental assistant (California) and DANB Certified Dental Assistant with 7 years chairside in pediatric and general dentistry, now lead assistant for a 3-dentist practice. Assist on about 18 patients a day, take digital impressions for same-day crowns and run sterilization for 7 operatories. EXPERIENCE Lead Registered Dental Assistant, Tower District Family Dental | Mar 2022 - Present - Assist 3 general dentists across 7 operatories in Dentrix, about 18 patients a day on my column - Cut average room turnover from 14 to 9 minutes by building procedure tubs for the 6 most common appointments - Cut bitewing retakes from about 1 in 8 to 1 in 20 after running a positioning refresher on Dexis sensors for 4 assistants - Take digital impressions on Primescan for about 12 same-day CEREC crowns a week, with remakes down from 9 in 2024 to 3 in 2025 - Run weekly spore tests on 2 autoclaves and keep the sterilization logs as infection control lead, with no failed tests in 2025 - Place sealants and coronal polish for child and teen recall patients - Trained 5 new assistants on four-handed dentistry, Dentrix charting and sterilization, each working a column alone within 6 weeks Dental Assistant, then Registered Dental Assistant, Shields Avenue Pediatric Dentistry | Jun 2019 - Feb 2022 - Assisted 2 pediatric dentists with about 30 patients a day, including stainless steel crowns, pulpotomies and nitrous appointments - Earned the California RDA license in 2021 while assisting full time, then took over sealants for the practice's school-age patients EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS Registered Dental Assistant (RDA), Dental Board of California, 2021 Certified Dental Assistant (CDA), DANB, 2022. BLS, current Board-approved Radiation Safety, Coronal Polishing and Pit and Fissure Sealants courses, 2020 SKILLS Four-handed dentistry, Dentrix, Dexis digital radiographs, Primescan and CEREC, Coronal polishing and sealants, Sterilization and spore testing, OSHA and infection control, Pediatric chairside
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