Dental Assistant Part 1 (Overview)

The dental assistant as the title states, assist a dentist in preparing and conducting a procedure. The video shows many of the duties that are performed throughout the day.  Since the career is in healthcare there are many safety and procedural duties and tasks that have to be learned.  Like all healthcare good listening and must enjoy working with people as you help them. The career requires finger dexterity, an attention to detail, organizations skills, ability to multitask, and administrative skills. The administrative duties include record keeping and patient commercial duties. Best to talk with the assistance at your dentist office to see what education and licensure or certification is required. CPCC has a one-year certificate program: Dental Assisting | Central Piedmont (cpcc.edu)