Dental Assistant
What does a Customer Dental Assistant do?
Dental assistants perform a variety of patient care, office, and laboratory duties. Assistants make patients comfortable in the dental chair and prepare them for treatment. During dental procedures, assistants work alongside the dentist to provide assistance.
How do you prepare?
High school students interested in a career as a dental assistant should take courses in biology, chemistry, health, and office practices. Programs include classroom, laboratory, and preclinical instruction in dental-assisting skills and related theory.
What’s the pay like?
As a Dental Assistant in Iowa you can expect to earn approximately $29,912 a year, according to Iowa Workforce Development.
For more information
about careers in this field, click here
www.bls.gov/k12/help.htm.
What does a Customer Dental Assistant do?
Dental assistants perform a variety of patient care, office, and laboratory duties. Assistants make patients comfortable in the dental chair and prepare them for treatment. During dental procedures, assistants work alongside the dentist to provide assistance.
How do you prepare?
High school students interested in a career as a dental assistant should take courses in biology, chemistry, health, and office practices. Programs include classroom, laboratory, and preclinical instruction in dental-assisting skills and related theory.
What’s the pay like?
As a Dental Assistant in Iowa you can expect to earn approximately $29,912 a year, according to Iowa Workforce Development.
For more information
about careers in this field, click here
www.bls.gov/k12/help.htm.
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