Dental Success

Debra B. Pastore was born, raised, and educated in Baltimore, Maryland and began her professional involvement in the dental field as a chairside assistant in the practice of Dr. Stanley Becker. After attending numerous continuing education courses sponsored by the Maryland State Dental Society, she was licensed in Radiology, QDA, and Expanded Functions. In 1984, she was awarded an Associate Degree in Dental Hygiene from Community College of Baltimore. A licensed RDH, she is a member of the MSDHA.

Since 1979, she worked at several private practices, utilizing her education and clinical training as an assistant and as a hygienist in the dental operatory. She has also had extensive experience serving in various management and administrative positions. She is a skilled and efficient office manager, business manager, and front desk administrator with a keen ability to supervise and coordinate practice operations. Debra currently represents McKane & Associates at Prizm Dental, where her managerial skills are being utilized in upgrading the systems in affiliated Prizm practices.

Committed to staying abreast of developments in the profession, Debra has attended Dental Boot Kamp, Practice Management seminars offered by Paragon, Quest, Schuster and advanced Perio and Clinical Courses for Dental Hygiene taught by Dr. Ian Shuman. Debra is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree and has completed numerous courses at UMBC and College Park towards this goal. She is trained in OSHA protocol and is qualified to administer CPR.

Proficient in Dentrix Software and various computer programs, Debra served as Head of Training for “Pathways to Success, the First Administrative Front Desk Health Care Training Program for Empowerment Zone Residents,” which was created by McKane & Associates in conjunction with the EBCC as a welfare-to-work training and placement program. Her administrative experience and clinical expertise was an invaluable asset to the program.