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Dental assistant 

Some duties and responsibilities that Dental assistant dental assistants have are: 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: 34,500 USD 

Education: It also means the work dental assistants do may vary. Dental Assistant Career In-Depth A dental assisting program can take anywhere from nine months to two years to complete, depending on whether it's a certificate, diploma or degree program 

Demand for this profession: Far more of them work full-time (35+ hours per week) vs. part time (25 average hours a week on average). The average full-time Dental Assistant works between 36 and 37 hours a week, earning between $24,000 and $27,000 per year, depending on experience. 

 

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

I think that I wouldn’t want to be a dental assistant because you see nasty things in people’s mouths and you don’t get paid that much you might as well just complete the training and become a dentist.