There is an important person in the dentist’s office. That person has so many faces that he or she wears on any given day. She or he may be a receptionist one day, a book keeper another or be cleaning teeth on another. That person is a dental assistant. These assistants are vital to the dental office and it would not operate without him or her to provide the dentist with someone to prep the patient and provide the proper care and help.

A dental assistant can have several job duties. He or she is often the office manager, a book keeper, a receptionist, assistant to the dentist, does lab work and takes x-rays. The other job duties can vary according to what kind of dentistry services the office offers their patients. As you can see the dental assistant has a lot of responsibilities.

The certified assistants training usually takes about a year to complete but many assistants find their best training occurs on the job. If they are fresh out of a dental assistant school, then this on the job training is absolutely vital, as book experience only goes so far.

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