Shantini Bhandary

Performing dental procedures like restorations, crown preparations, crown cementation, bridges, complete and partial dentures, endodontic treatment prophylaxis and extractions in private practice setting. Mentoring junior dental assistants in chair side procedures and patient communication enhancing overall team efficiency.

General dentistry - CITY DENTAL CARE - Bangalore, Karnataka, India

(2024-11 - 2025-02)

• Performing dental procedures like restorations, crown preparations, crown cementation, bridges, complete and partial dentures, endodontic treatment prophylaxis and extractions in private practice setting.
• Mentoring junior dental assistants in chair side procedures and patient communication enhancing overall team efficiency.

General dentistry - CITY DENTAL CARE - Bangalore, Karnataka, India

(2025-12)

Dental assistant (volunteering) - HUSAIN DENTAL - Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

(2025-05 - 2025-10)

• Provided chairside assistance in restorative procedures, crown preparations, crown cementations, fixed/ removable dentures, prophylaxis and optimizing four handed dentistry efficiency.
• Executed comprehensive infection control procedures following OSHA and CDC guidelines maintaining 100% compliance with safety regulations and ensuring a safe clinical environment.
• Utilized iTero digital scanning for crown fabrication and Invisalign treatment planning
• Managed electronic health records, using Eaglesoft dental software, ensuring accurate documentation and obtaining digital radiographs such as full mouth x-rays.

Maxillofacial Observership / General dentist - SMILE TRAIN CLEFT LEADERSHIP CENTER - Bangalore, Karnataka, India

(2025-12)

• Observe multidisciplinary cleft care at Smile Train Cleft Leadership Centre, encompassing cleft surgeries, PNAM, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, speech therapy, and nutritional counseling.
• Managing dental treatment for patients with cleft conditions including restorations, prophylaxis, extractions and sealants.
• Collaborate alongside maxillofacial surgeons and international specialists, gaining expertise in team-based treatment planning for pediatric patients with congenital anomalies.
• Currently involved in an ongoing short study on speech analysis in cleft patients.
• Attended their Facecraft orthognathic online learning series.

Dental Observership - SHRI RAKSHA DENTAL CLINIC - Mangalore, Karnataka, India

(2023-09 - 2024-08)

• Assisted senior clinicians across diverse specialities including endodontics and maxillofacial surgery.
• Captured and systematically analyzed intraoral photographs for diagnostic accuracy, and treatment planning
• Participated in weekly case discussions and treatment planning sessions.
• Completed a Rotary Endodontics Course (June–August 2024), earning a Certificate of Completion.

General dentist - Free Prosthodontic Camp - Koppa, Karnataka, India

(2024-02 - 2024-02)

• Delivered comprehensive prosthodontic care services under the Karnataka Government's Dhanta Bhagya Yojana Scheme, successfully treating over 100+ patients in Udupi and Koppa.
• Provided complete dentures to 30+ geriatric patients in Chikmagalur, restoring masticatory functions and dignity, with no treatment fees in makeshift clinics and with no regular dental hospital facility.
• Communicated with geriatric patients in facilitation of their treatment, postinsertion instructions and care of their prosthesis.

General dentist - Free Prosthodontic Camp - Udupi, Karnataka, India

(2024-01 - 2024-01)

General dentist - Free Prosthodontic Camp - Chikmagalur, Karnataka, India (AS AN ALUMNI)

(2026-01 - 2026-01)

Rural Oral Health Programme Camp - The Lions Club of Karwar - Karwar, Karnataka, India

(2024-01 - 2024-01)

• Contributed to Lions Club of Karwar's landmark Golden Jubilee Year 2023-24 celebrations by delivering primary dental care services (oral prophylaxis, restorations, preventive treatments) to underserved rural communities through mobile healthcare initiative for marginalized populations in Coastal Karnataka.

Volunteer - Spastics Society of Karnataka - Bangalore, Karnataka, India

(2024-10 - 2025-02)

• Supported activities like early child education, formal, and non-formal education and prevocational training for 30+ children and young adults with cerebral palsy, autism and intellectual disabilities
• At an institution affiliated with Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center and Rose F Kennedy Center for Excellence in developmental disabilities at the Albert Einstein College of medicine contributing to internationally recognized programs - focused on motor skill development, social integration, and independence building
• Supported co-curricular activities and coordinated student participation for the institution's "Aladdin Lamps" stage program involving 160 children with diverse disabilities

Bachelor of Dental Surgery - Dental Surgery - AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University (2019-07 - 2024-08)