Sonam Khando
Summary
Cutting-edge recent graduate Dental Hygienist with latest training and real-world experience. Skilled at dental cleanings and patient education. Well versed in all aspects of dental office operations. Quick to build relationships with patients and successful at working with teammates to achieve patient care goals. Patient-oriented Dental Technician offering 12 -year background manufacturing dentures, bridges and crowns. Collaborative professional possessing excellent manual dexterity paired with extensive knowledge of CAD and CAM. Expertise in porcelain veneer fabrication and implanting restoration. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level dental hygienist and technician position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Dental Hygienist/Technician
Tibet Dental Center Under Dr Dolma Choekey & Dr Ngawang Lekmoen
08.2018 - Current
- Polished completed molds and prostheses and maintained high standards of final products for best-in-class care.
- Mixed porcelain and other materials for tooth molds used in offices and laboratories with high-quality and accurate results.
- Built and shaped wax teeth for patient replacements after reading and double-checking prescriptions and patient needs.
- Inspected broken or out-of-date apparatus for special specifications before repairing and making new ones.
- Tested completed appliances for functionality before shipping them to patients or dental offices.
- Completed repairs on various types of apparatus, monitoring work closely to maintain accuracy and meet patient needs.
- Verified appliance conformance with specifications and accuracy of occlusion using micrometers, articulators, and other tools.
- Repaired denture fabricating equipment and stuck to strict preventive maintenance schedule to decrease lab costs 60%.
- Read prescriptions or specifications and examined models or impressions to determine design of dental products to be constructed.
- Trained or supervised other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers.
- Completed detailed models of patients' mouths to create accurate devices.
- Constructed artificial metal and porcelain teeth with attractive finishes and durable frameworks.
- Completed all tasks on prostheses, continuously maintaining safety and accuracy.
- Monitored supply inventory in lab record and ordered more ahead of schedule to prevent lost time.
- Created over thousand sets of dentures daily with 100% accuracy against prescriptions and patient needs.
- Adhered to specifications to craft well-fitting appliances.
- Removed excess metal or porcelain and polished surfaces of prostheses or frameworks using polishing machines.
- Assisted functionality of completed models with help of apparatus mimicking human bite and adjusted devices to enhance performance.
- Built and shaped artificial gums to achieve snug, comfortable fit in patient's mouth.
- Completed extensive wear tests to assess designs for long-term durability.
Dental Hygienist/Technician
Dr. Kalsang Tsering Clinic
09.2014 - 07.2018
Dental Hygienist/Technician
Mahindra Dental Center under Dr Rohit Mahindra & Dr Anjali Mahindra
04.2012 - 08.2014
Education
High School Diploma -
Tibetan Children Village School
Mysore (K.S)04.2009
Skills
- Active Learning
- Hand Tools
- Occlusion Rims Preparation
- Team Meetings
- Ceramics Work
- Impressions
- Bridge Repair
- Denture Waxing
- Equipment Operation
- Patient Diagnosis
- Compassionate Care
- Impressions and Wax Blocks
- Hygiene Practices
- Individualized Care Plans
- Periodontal Treatment
- Wax Pattern Development
- Root Planing
- Patient Identification
- Denture Repairs
- Appliance Fabrication
- Customer Service
- Restoration Fabrication
- Dental Prosthetics
- Polishing Work
- Postoperative Care
- Program Management
- Swelling Detection
- Cast Mounting
Hobbies
Reading Dentistry books, Novels, Daily news,
I love explore places and new tradition and culture of other communities.
i like watching documentary like how people climbs Himalaya and How and why child exploitation happened in the world and changes of human behavior.
Languages
Tibetan
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Upper intermediate (B2)
Hindi
Upper intermediate (B2)
Chinese (Mandarin)
Intermediate (B1)
Timeline
Dental Hygienist/Technician
Tibet Dental Center Under Dr Dolma Choekey & Dr Ngawang Lekmoen
08.2018 - Current
Dental Hygienist/Technician
Dr. Kalsang Tsering Clinic
09.2014 - 07.2018
Dental Hygienist/Technician
Mahindra Dental Center under Dr Rohit Mahindra & Dr Anjali Mahindra
04.2012 - 08.2014
High School Diploma -
Tibetan Children Village School
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