Leocadia Quarshie-Halvorsen

Registered Dental Hygienist

Raleigh, United States

Professional Summary

Compassionate Registered Dental Hygienist with 10+ years of experience delivering preventive and periodontal care in family, specialty, and community settings. Skilled in full-mouth scaling and root planing, periodontal charting, local anesthesia, nitrous oxide sedation, and digital radiography, consistently helping patients achieve healthier gums and better long-term outcomes. Proficient in Dentrix and Eaglesoft documentation, recall systems, and patient education that has lifted appointment retention above 90%. Known for a gentle chairside manner, strict infection-control standards, and the ability to put anxious patients at ease.

Employment History

Lead Dental Hygienist

Oakwell Family Dental · Raleigh, NC

Mar, 2021 · Present

• Lead preventive and periodontal care for 45+ patients per week across six operatories at a multi-chair family practice. • Perform full-mouth periodontal charting and scaling and root planing, lifting six-month recall retention from 78% to 93% in two years. • Administer local anesthesia and nitrous oxide sedation for 20+ procedures weekly with zero adverse events since 2021. • Document treatment, imaging, and care plans in Dentrix, cutting charting errors by 40% and same-day claim rejections by 25%. • Mentor two junior hygienists and refresh patient education scripts that raised scaling and root planing acceptance by 32%.

Dental Hygienist

Triangle Periodontics & Implant Center · Raleigh, NC

Jun, 2017 · Feb, 2021

• Delivered periodontal maintenance and scaling and root planing in a specialty practice averaging 38 patients daily. • Completed comprehensive pocket-depth charting for 1,200+ patients and flagged disease progression for the supervising periodontist. • Captured digital radiographs and CBCT supporting images, holding a 99% image-quality pass rate across three years of audits. • Taught implant and pre-surgical home care, improving post-op compliance scores from 71% to 90%. • Ran Eaglesoft recall outreach and scheduling that reduced no-show rates by 18%.

Community Health Dental Hygienist

Wake County Public Health Division · Raleigh, NC

Aug, 2015 · May, 2017

• Provided screenings, fluoride varnish, and scaling for 30+ patients daily in a safety-net county clinic. • Staffed mobile dental outreach that delivered sealants and varnish to 2,400+ children over two years. • Led oral-health education workshops for 500+ parents and school groups, raising clinic recall follow-through by 22%. • Applied OSHA and infection-control protocols, passing every county inspection without citation. • Documented care in Dentrix for grant reporting supporting $180K in annual program funding.

Education

A.A.S. Dental Hygiene

Wake Technical Community College · Raleigh, NC

Aug, 2013 · May, 2015

Graduated with a 3.8 GPA. Clinical honors in periodontology and community health dental hygiene; member of the Student Dental Hygiene Association.

Skills

Periodontal charting

Scaling & root planing

Local anesthesia

Patient education

Dentrix & Eaglesoft

Courses

Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH)

North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners · North Carolina

Jan, 2015 · Present

Active NC RDH license in good standing; annual CE compliance maintained.

CPR / BLS for Healthcare Providers

American Heart Association · Raleigh, NC

Feb, 2025 · Feb, 2027

Current BLS certification with AED and choking-response training.

Local Anesthesia Permit

North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners · North Carolina

Sep, 2015 · Present

Certified to administer nitrous oxide-oxygen and local anesthesia in North Carolina.

Nitrous Oxide Sedation Permit

North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners · North Carolina

Nov, 2016 · Present

Permit for administration and monitoring of minimal inhalation sedation.