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Dental Assistants

Significant Points

  • Job prospects should be excellent.
  • Dentists are expected to hire more assistants to perform routine tasks so that they may devote their own time to more complex procedures.
  • Most assistants learn their skills on the job, although an increasing number are trained in dental-assisting programs; most programs take 1 year or less to complete.

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