Dental Assistant

Duties and responsibilities:

Assisting the dental operator(dentist or other treating dental auxiliary 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.

Salary:

$33,470 annually, or $16.09 per hour, in 2010.

Education:

   Dental assistants can work in the field without a college degree, while in other states, dental assistants must be licensed or registered. Dental assistants are required to meet the minimum certification to work in the field. There’re many things that dental assistants must consider while working in the field and arguably the most important is infection control.

Demand or Need for this Profession:

   There is no need for this profession because that is why there is just a dentist working by themselves because the dentist is the one who is doing surgery on the patient, not the assistant.

Reflection: I would not like to become a dental assistant because what if they need space we are just going to be frustrating the operator doing the surgery.