Employment Oppotunities

Employment Versatility

Employment Versatility

Giving the many roles open within dental assisting, you have a wide range of choices as to the situation in which to utilize your skills

Employment Versatility

-A manufacture’s representative

-An office management consultant -Serving with a professional

organization

Dental Auxiliary education(Teaching)

Faculty requirements vary, but most schools ask for a bachelor’s degree as the minimal educational level

So you can:

-Take college courses in related sciences-Take a teacher training on a part time

basis

Public Health Dentistry

DA can be involved in dental public health functions at all levels: Federal, state & local

Military Dental Services

DA should contact the Area Civil Service Office to determine when the appropriate examinations are given

Dental Schools( paid assistants)

All advantages of working at an educational setting

Solo or Small Group Practice

General Dentistry

Specialty Practice

Partnership

Large Group Practice

Many number & variety of general practitioners and specialist woking together under a shared facility

Patients treated here are coming from specific segment of the population

The benefits of a L G P:

-Opportunity to develop more specialized skills

-Professional stimulation & sociability of working with many other auxiliaries

-Greater opportunity of advancement-potential for a more extensive program

for employee benefits than can be offered by a solo practitioner

F T & P T

Full Time:

Working the amount of time considered standard (8 hrs)

Part Time:

Working less than the amount considered standard (eg. 4 hrs/day)