Your Career as a Dental Office Assistant
Take charge of your future with a dental office assistant career that puts you at the center of a dental office. As a dental office assistant, you will provide essential support to keep a dental office running in a smooth manner.
Be prepared to perform patient care, office duties and laboratory tasks in a welcoming environment that provides challenge, opportunity and reward. With your training, you will learn dental terminology, the names of the instruments, how to perform daily duties, how to interact with patients, and other essential tasks. You career will include:
- Patient Care – Obtain dental history; prepare patients for treatment; sterilize equipment; set up a dental tray for procedures; hand instruments to dentist; use suction to keep patients’ mouths dry and clear; instruct patients on general oral health care; and more.
- Office Duties – Schedule appointments; maintain patient records; send invoices and receive payments; order supplies and materials; greet patients; and more.
- Laboratory Tasks – Make casts of teeth and mouth from impressions; clean removable appliances; make temporary crowns; and more.
To learn about the steps needed to become a dental office assistant.
Work in a comfortable setting with the flexibility and convenience to build a lasting career. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, dental assistants are expected to be among the fastest-growing occupations through 2016. Build a future with the stability of dental office assisting – choose to work part-time or have a variable schedule to accommodate your family needs.
Allied training is the flexible way to prepare for your career in the dental field. In less than a year, you will have the training to work under the supervision of a dentist and help patients every day, from making their dental visit more comfortable to providing helpful information.
Allied’s Dental Office Assistant Program teaches you what you need to know to step right into a dental office and succeed as a trained professional. Whether you work chairside assisting the dentist or greet patients in the front office, you will benefit from a career that is needed nationwide
*Dental assisting is regulated on a state-by-state basis. Your job duties may vary from those listed above.
