Dental Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

v  Seating the patients in the treatment area

v  Passing requested instruments to the dentist during dental produces

v  Sterilization and preparation of instruments

v  Taking impressions of teeth for study models

v  Polishing clinical crowns

v  Exposing and developing  X-RAYS

v  Providing assistance in the office with tasks such as appointment scheduling, record keeping, telephone management, and billing ordering supplies

Salary: $34,500

Education: There no education requirements right now. However, if you want to become one you will probably going to need a high school diploma and go to an on-the-job-training.

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

I would like to become because it’s a very easy job and you make a good salary per year.

Dentist

Duties and responsibilities:

v     Showing patients on oral healthcare

v     Examining teeth and diagnosing patients’ dental conditions by using tools such as x-rays  and more

v     Assessing treatment options and agreeing treatment plans with patients

v     Maintaining patients’ dental records

v     Marketing services to potential clients  

Salary:  $149,310

Education: Doctoral or Professional degree

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

I wouldn’t like to be one because it’s too much work and it does it seem easy too.