dental assistant
Dental Assistant Duties and Responsibilities: Dental assistant . Dental assistants perform a variety of patient care, office, and laboratory duties , and often work chair-side as dentists examine and treat patients. They make patients as comfortable as possible in the dental chair, prepare them for treatment, and obtain their dental records. Salary: 34,500 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. Demand: Dental Assistants . Employment of dental assistants is projected to grow 18 percent from 2014 to...