Why Become a Dental Assistant?
- High demand in the job market for dental assistants
- Flexible work schedules
- Rewarding career
- Dental Assistants have been ranked among the fastest growing occupation over the 2019-2029
- Development of interpersonal skills
- Build foundational dental skills
Technical Duties of a Dental Assistant
- Chart existing restorations, clinically missing teeth and appliances within the oral cavity
- Remove sutures
- Place and remove orthodontic ligatures
- Expose radiographs
- Place and remove rubber dam
- Assist in basic supportive chairside procedures
- Place and remove periodontal packs
- Take and record vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, respiration, etc.)
- Place and remove matrix
- Apply topical drugs (silver diamine fluoride) as prescribed by dentist.