Dental Assistant

Duties and responsibility:

•     Seating patients in the treatment area
•    Passing requested instruments to the dentist
•     Sterilization and preparation of tools
•    Taking impressions of teeth for study models
•    Polishing crowns

Salary:

$24,790-$53,820

Education:

•  High School Diploma
• 2 year dental program
• Associates Degree
• CPR Training

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

I would like to be a dental assistant because it pretty much doesn’t involve me touching peoples mouth as much.