Dental Assistant

Duties and responsibilities:

            A dental assistant works closely with a dentist during dental procedures, handling such tasks as positioning the patient, handing the dentist the tools he or she needs or ensuring that a patient's mouth is kept dry by placing and removing suction hoses. Additional responsibilities of a dental assistant include applying anesthetics to teeth or gums, preparing materials needed to make dental impressions and placing dental dams.

Salary: $34,900

Education:

            There isn’t any type of formal education required. Most of the time assistants have high school diploma, and only receive on the job training. Dental assisting programs tend to last one year for a diploma.

 

Reflection:

            I would not like to be dentist assistants, because you get paid a little bit of money. Enough to suit your self. An I don’t want to be seeing people’s teeth and smelling bad breath.