Question about Dental Assisting?

What are the Pros and Cons of doing this?

Question about Dental Assisting?
I have been a dental assistant for 10 years. I love it. I would say the pros are good pay, very interesting no patient is the same, If you do cosmetic work it is very rewarding seeing how happy the patients are when the work is finished.





Cons would be if you work for a dentist who isn't that nice. I have worked for a dentist who would get frustrated easily and take it out on me. Very rude and down right mean. But I have worked for fabulous dentists as well. The attitude of the dds is important, you work in very close proximity 40 hours a week. Some things are gross. like if patients have dirty mouths but you get use to that. Also it can be very bloody. It may be hard to take at first but you do get use to that as well.





I love being a dental assistant. Also the schooling is only about a year.
Reply:I agree with a (the person above me) dental assis. is rewarding! I loved it I did it for 6 years, and loved it. Find a dentist with a great personality. You will be working hand and hand with them and it's important to have a good relationship with them! Me and the dentist I use to work for always had patients ask me how did I just know what he was going to do? After about 2 years I knew what the DDS was going to do in any situation so he never needed to ask me for something. So when he heard the patients ask me this he would answer by saying "It's like a dance, a perfected dance between two people". It was too the point that he would turn to me for his second opionion... Dental Assis. is a great field to be in as long as you can handle blood....lol cause there will be lot's of it! Good luck....