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Free Dental Assistant Resume Templates

Free, ATS-friendly dental assistant resume templates in Microsoft Word and Google Docs — built for how dental offices hire: credentials and chairside skill, with a friendly, brand-forward look. Each one leads with a credential block (CDA / RDA, X-ray / radiology, BLS/CPR) and the skills a dentist scans for — four-handed chairside assisting, dental radiography, impressions, sterilization & infection control — plus the dental software they filter on (Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental). Whether you're a chairside CDA, an orthodontic or expanded-functions (EFDA) assistant, a treatment coordinator, or a recent graduate writing a dental assistant resume with no experience, pick a layout and color and fill in your skills.

The templates

Four dental-assistant designs, each in three colors.

Chairside for clinical DAs, Orthodontic for ortho and expanded-functions assistants, Coordinator for treatment coordinators and front office, and New Grad for recent graduates and externs. Every one opens in Word or Google Docs, stays on one page, and is built to be ATS-friendly — with your DANB/state credential and a chairside-and-office skills split front and center.

Chairside — Teal
Clinical / chairside dental assistant layout — a friendly brand header and a credential band (CDA/DANB, X-ray/RHS, BLS/CPR, coronal polish) over a Chairside | Office skills split. Four-handed dentistry, radiography, Dentrix.
Chairside — Blue
The chairside-DA design in blue — credentials first, then a four-handed-dentistry, radiography, and sterilization skills split for clinical dental assistants.
Chairside — Coral
The clinical-DA layout in warm coral — a CDA-forward, impressions-and-radiographs format for general and cosmetic-practice dental assistants.
Orthodontic — Indigo
Orthodontic / expanded-functions assistant layout — RDA · CDA and Ortho EFDA credentials with an ortho-skills set: bracket bonding, archwire changes, clear aligners (Invisalign), iTero scanning.
Orthodontic — Teal
The ortho-assistant design in teal — bonding, ligation, and clear-aligner workflow skills for orthodontic and expanded-functions (EFDA) dental assistants.
Orthodontic — Rose
The orthodontic layout in rose — a specialty-skills format for ortho assistants who lead with bracket placement, aligners, and intraoral scanning.
Coordinator — Teal
Treatment coordinator / front-office layout — a credentials sidebar with case-acceptance and schedule-filled stats. RDA, treatment planning, insurance & benefits, Dentrix.
Coordinator — Navy
The treatment-coordinator design in navy — case presentation, insurance verification, and recall metrics for dental front-office and TC roles.
Coordinator — Plum
The dental front-office layout in plum — a metrics-and-software format for treatment coordinators bridging the clinical and business sides of the practice.
New Grad — Gold
Recent-graduate / externship DA layout — a centered header leading with your diploma, RHS X-ray certification, and 200-hour externship. For entry-level and no experience.
New Grad — Teal
The new-grad DA design in teal — externship hours, BLS/CPR, and a chairside-skills split for first-job and recent-graduate dental assistants.
New Grad — Blue
The entry-level DA layout in blue — an education-forward, externship-first format for writing a dental assistant resume with no experience.
What to include

What goes on a dental assistant resume.

Dental offices screen DA resumes for credentials and chairside skill. Put the things a dentist and the ATS look for right up top — which is exactly what these templates do:

  • Credentials, after your name and in a block. CDA (DANB), state RDA, or EFDA, plus your dental radiology / x-ray (RHS) certification and BLS/CPR. In progress? Write “DANB CDA — exam scheduled [date].”
  • A chairside & office skills split. Chairside: four-handed dentistry, suction & isolation, radiographs, impressions, sterilization, coronal polishing. Office: charting (Dentrix), scheduling, infection control (OSHA), HIPAA.
  • The dental software, named exactly. Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental — and Dexis or other imaging. For ortho, add iTero and Invisalign; these are the keywords dental offices filter on.
  • Externship and rotations — especially with no experience. No paid DA job yet? Lead with your diploma, your externship hours, and the procedures you assisted on. The New Grad design is built around exactly that.

Dental vs. medical assistant: a DA is chairside-dental — DANB/CDA, four-handed dentistry, radiography, Dentrix — not the medical-clinic vocabulary (phlebotomy, EKG, Epic). If you work in a medical office, our medical assistant templates fit better.

Make it yours

Fill it in and apply.

  1. Click Open in Google Docs to copy it into your Drive, or Download Word for the .docx.
  2. Put your credential (CDA/RDA/EFDA) by your name and in the credential block, with your radiology/x-ray and BLS/CPR.
  3. Edit the chairside & office split to match the posting — four-handed dentistry, radiographs, sterilization, Dentrix — spelled out for the ATS.
  4. No experience? Use the New Grad design and lead with your diploma and externship hours, then export a PDF to send and a Word copy for ATS portals.
Common questions

Dental assistant resume FAQ

How do I write a dental assistant resume with no experience?
Lead with a short objective, then your dental-assisting program, your externship/clinical hours (with procedure counts and chairside skills), and certifications — including any in progress. Quantify the externship, e.g., "Completed a 200-hour externship assisting on fillings, crowns, and digital radiographs." The New Grad design is built for exactly this.
How do I list CDA, RDA, or EFDA on my resume?
Put credentials right after your name (e.g., "Jasmine Patel, CDA") and again in a credential block with the issuing body and date — DANB for the CDA, your state board for the RDA or EFDA. If a credential is in progress, write "DANB CDA — exam scheduled [month/year]." Every template here puts the credential block up top.
Should I put my dental radiology / x-ray certification on my resume?
Yes — state dental radiology / x-ray (RHS) certification is a hard requirement in many states, so list it in both your credential block and your skills (dental radiography, digital x-rays). It's often the first thing a dental office screens for, which is why these templates give radiology its own credential slot.
What's the difference between a chairside and a front-office dental assistant resume?
A chairside (clinical) resume emphasizes four-handed dentistry, sterilization and OSHA infection control, radiography, coronal polishing, and impressions; a front-office / treatment-coordinator resume emphasizes scheduling, insurance verification, case presentation, and practice software. Match the resume to the posting — the Chairside and Coordinator designs cover each side.
How do I make my dental assistant resume ATS-friendly?
Use a single-column-readable layout with standard headings and the exact keywords from the job post — Dentrix, Eaglesoft, chairside, four-handed, BLS, radiology certified, sterilization. Spell out certifications (CDA, DANB, RDA, EFDA) on their own lines. Every template here is built to parse cleanly in Word and Google Docs.
Should a dental assistant resume be one page?
Yes — one page is standard for dental assistants, especially entry-level and new grads. Keep it to a tight objective or summary, your credential block, a chairside-and-office skills split, and your strongest two or three roles or externships; all of these designs hold on a single page.

Dental assistant resume templates · Updated June 2026

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