Dental assistant

Duties and responsibilities: The dental assistant is a multi-skilled member of the dental health team, dedicated to assisting the dentist with all phases of dentistry. Dental Assistants may perform any of the following:

• seating patients in the treatment area
• passing requested instruments to the dentist during dental procedures
• sterilization and preparation of instruments
• taking impressions of teeth for study models
• polishing clinical crowns
• exposing and developing X-rays
• providing assistance in the office with tasks such as appointment scheduling, record keeping, telephone management, and billing
• ordering supplies
• serve as office manager or receptionist, greeting patients and introducing patients to the dental practice

Salary: $33,989

Education: It takes a relatively short period of time to become a dental assistant. Dental assistants receive their formal education through academic programs at community colleges, vocational schools, technical institutes, universities or dental schools. Graduates of these programs usually receive certificates. Although the majority of academic dental assisting programs take nine to eleven months to complete, some schools offer accelerated training, part-time education programs or training via distance education.

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