Dental Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities Dental assistant. Dental assistants perform a variety of patient care, office, and laboratory duties, and often work chair-side as dentists examine and treat patients. They make patients as comfortable as possible in the dental chair, prepare them for treatment, and obtain their dental records.

Salary

The salary of a dental assistant is Average and Median Salaries. As of 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that dental assistants working in the United States earn an average of $16.70 an hour and $34,740 per year.

Education

The education needed for this job is prospective dental assistants must complete some form of training and, in many states, earn licensure and/or national certification.

Reflection : Do you think you would like to be one? Why?why not?   

I would not like to be a dental assistant because your helping someone that is more smarter then you so your like just helping him instead of the patient.