Dental assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Providing patient care

·         Take X-Rays for record keeping

·         Scheduling appointments

·         Assist the dentist during treatment procedures

·         Taking blood pressure and pulse

·         Help patients feel comfortable

·         Perform office management tasks

·         Taking patients to treatment area

·         Ordering supplies

·         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.