Terilea Patton, MHA

Experience

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  Dental associates llc newburgh in

  Aug 2000 - May 2007

  Dental Assistant

  expanded dental assistant

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  Audubon Dental Center

  Aug 2008 - Feb 2010

  Dental Assitant

  I worked side by side with the dentists.

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  Heartland Dental Care

  Feb 2010 - Apr 2012

  Dental Assistant

  I worked side by side with the dentist and fellow co-workers to provide dental services to all clients. I also coordinated OSHA and Infection Control classes for the office.

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  Dental Partners, LLC

  Apr 2012 - Jun 2015

  Clinical coach, patient service representative, and expanded functions dental assistant

  As a clinical coach, I was responsible to help other dental assistants in the company understand the company's strategic plan to achieve high quality dental services in an organized and professional manner. When I was not coaching I utilized my skills as an expanded functions dental assistant. Placing fillings, taking impressions, educating patients, infection control, designing dentures, and maintaining the labs.I also expanded my skills by learning insurance aging, collections manager, insurance eligibility for patients, and front desk responsibilities. Show less

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  Ross Education Center

  Feb 2014 - Jun 2014

  Instructor

  I worked at Ross Education Center as an instructor for Dental Assisting for a temporary time. It was great to educate the future dental assistants! As an instructor I was able to keep my own education up while educating others to become great dental assistants.

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  Dr. Dana Morris

  Aug 2015 - now

  Expanded functions dental assistant

  As an expanded functions dental assistant I am responsible to place sedative fillings, composite fillings (anterior and posterior), design and place temporary crowns, design stainless steel crowns, and create retainers.Besides chairside skills I educate patients about the recommended treatments for long term care, infection control, maintain the appearance of the office, organize and maintain the rooms, sterilization process in the lab, and keep the providers on task while focusing on staying on time. Show less

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  Dr. Dana Morris DMD

  Jan 2017 - now

  Office Manager

  I work full time at a high pace dental office that employs seven amazing individuals. As an office manager I strive to keep the team on focus, inspire others, keep the culture of the office healthy, and educate the team with new innovations to improve patient quality care. Behind the scenes I am responsible for insurance aging, accounts receivable, scheduling, financial agreements with patients, credentialing with insurance, updates with all insurances, treatment planner, and customer service. Show less