Duties and Responsibilities: A dental assistant job description is unique and varied. It requires many skills, as well as strong personal qualities. Fortunately, the skills needed to perform the key dental assistant duties can be learned through an accredited dental assistant training program. Learning to take on other dental assisting duties and responsibilities can be accomplished with job experience.

Salary: $34,500

Education: It takes a relatively short period of time to become a dental assistant. Dental assistants receive their formal education through academic programs at community colleges, vocational schools, technical institutes, universities or dental schools. Graduates of these programs usually receive certificates. Although the majority of academic dental assisting programs take nine to eleven months to complete, some schools offer accelerated training, part-time education programs or training via distance education.

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