A Registered Dental Assistant professional is a key member of the dental health care team. If you have great interpersonal skills, are detailed oriented, love to help people and want the responsibility and rewards of a professional career dental assisting is for you.

Dental Assistants typically do the following:

• Ensure that patients are comfortable in the dental chair
• Prepare patients and the work area for treatments and procedures
• Sterilize dental instruments
• Hand instruments to dentists during procedures
• Dry patients’ mouths using suction hoses and other equipment
• Instruct patients in proper oral hygiene
• Process x rays and complete lab tasks, under the direction of a dentist
• Keep records of dental treatments
• Schedule patient appointments
• Work with patients on billing and payment

• Dental assistants work under the supervision of dentists and work closely with dental hygienists in their day to day activities.
• They work in well lighted clean environments.
• Almost all dental assistants work in private dental offices.
• A small amount work in dental schools, hospitals, public health department or clinics.