Dental
Assistant
Dental assistant assist the dental operator in providing more
efficient dental treatment, by preparing the patient for treatment, sterilizing
instruments, passing instruments during the procedure, holding suction devices,
exposing dental radiographs, taking impressions, and fabricating provisional
crowns.
Duties and Responsibilities: Passing requested instruments to
dentist during dental procedures. Polishing clinical crowns. Seating patients in
the treatment area and more.
Salary: $33,470 annually, or $16.09 per hour.
Education: Take the DANB, CDA examination program, or have at
least two years of on the job training as a dental assistant.
Reflection: I think I will like to
become a dental assistant because they pay good money and it seems interesting to
help someone out and work with someone’s teeth. But again I wouldn’t like to
become a dental assistant and will actually like to be the one getting the assistants
from someone else.