Dental assistant
Duties
and Responsibilities:
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Providing patient care
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Take X-Rays for record keeping
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Scheduling appointments
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Assist the dentist during treatment procedures
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Taking blood pressure and pulse
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Help patients feel comfortable
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Perform office management tasks
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Taking patients to treatment area
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Ordering supplies
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Manage patient records
Salary: $34,500
Educational Requirements: No formal education
requirements for entering
in a career of dentist
assisting. Some assistants have a high school
diploma
and receive on-the-job training
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Reflection:
I would not
like to be a dentist assistant
because all they do is help the real doctor why
would
I want to do that. Another reason why I would not
want to be a dental
assistant is that they don’t have a
formal educational requirement.