Dental Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

seating patients in the treatment area.

passing requested instruments to the dentist during denta

l procedures.

sterilization and preparation of instruments.

taking impressions of teeth for study models.

polishing clinical crowns.

exposing and developing X-rays.

Salary:

The annual salary for someone with the job title Den

tal Assistant may vary

depending on a number of factors including industry, comp

any size, location, years of

experience and level of education. Our team of Certif

ied Compensation Professionals

has analyzed survey data collected from thousands of HR depar

tments at companies of

all sizes and industries to present this range of annua

l salaries for people with the job

title Dental Assistant in the United States.

Education:

It takes a relatively short period of time to become a d

ental assistant. Dental

assistants receive their formal education through academ

ic programs at community

colleges, vocational schools, technical institutes, universiti

es or dental schools.

Graduates of these programs usually receive certificates. Alt

hough the majority of

academic dental assisting programs take nine to eleven mon

ths to complete, some

schools offer accelerated training, part-time education

programs or training via distance

education.

No I wouldn’t like to be a dental assistant because

its boring. I want to be doing

more things then what they do. I don’t like the sal

ary that much it’s a little bit.panies of

all sizes and industries to present this range of annua

l salaries for people with the job

title Dental Assistant in the United States.

Education:

It takes a relatively short period of time to become a d

ental assistant. Dental

assistants receive their formal education through academ

ic programs at community

colleges, vocational schools, technical institutes, universiti

es or dental schools.

Graduates of these programs usually receive certificates. Alt

hough the majority of

academic dental assisting programs take nine to eleven mon

ths to complete, some

schools offer accelerated training, part-time education

programs or training via distance

education.

No I wouldn’t like to be a dental assistant because

its boring. I want to be doing

more things then what they do. I don’t like the sal

ary that much it’s a little bit.+

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