After completing your dental assistant training and spending some time in the workplace, you may be interested in taking on more responsibility. This can be beneficial to you for job security or if you are looking to increase your annual income. One of the ways to increase your responsibilities and value as a dental assistant [...]
Dental assistant training is a required step for anyone who wants to enter or expand their dental assistant career. If you are currently employed as a dental assistant and all you’ve got under your belt is on-the-job training, you may be setting yourself up for failure. Even if you are happy with your current position, [...]
Dental assistant training is required of most assistants. Many states require that you spend a certain number hours working on your continuing education every year. Without this extra amount of education, you won’t be able to keep up with the latest changes in dental procedures, rules, and equipment. The level of education that you have [...]
Once you become a licensed dental assistant, you are on your way to a rewarding career that can offer you many years of job security, regardless of the economy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, dental assistant job opportunities are expected to grow at a rate of over 35 percent by 2018. This is [...]
Common courses offered in a continuing education program include medication and common side effects, medical emergency procedures, oral hygiene devices and programs of diet and nutrition in relation to oral health. Continuing education programs for dental hygienists can help them gain vital knowledge in their specific fields.[...]
Being a dental hygienist is one of the fastest growing and most lucrative professions in the nation today. One can expect a very high salary for the amount of training that is required. In fact, the average salary for dental hygienists is nearly 65,000 dollars a year. But not everyone draws this amount at the [...]