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Dental Assisting Job prospects for dental assistants should be good. Employment is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2010. In addition, numerous job openings will occur due to the need to replace assistants who transfer to other occupations, retire, or leave the labor force for other reasons. Many opportunities are for entry-level positions offering on-the-job training.
Dental assistants perform a wide variety of tasks requiring both interpersonal and technical skills. Under the supervision of a dentist, the dental assistant prepares all instruments, materials and equipment used in dental procedures, takes dental radiographs (x-rays), assists the dentist in all procedures, provides oral care instruction to patients, and performs office administration tasks. Most dental assistants work in private general dental practices or dental specialty offices. Employment opportunities also exist in insurance companies and public health or hospital-based clinics. Offered by:
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Population growth and greater
retention of natural teeth by middle-aged and older people will fuel demand for dental
services. Older dentists, who are less likely to employ assistants, will leave and be
replaced by recent graduates, who are more likely to use one, or even two. In addition, as
dentists' workloads increase, they are expected to hire more assistants to perform routine
tasks, so that they may devote their own time to more profitable procedures.