dental assistant duties
Dental assistants are * an extra set of hands for a dentist or dental surgeon. Some * of the dental assistant duties include: the maintenance and * preparation of dental instruments, equipment and supplies; the recording and collecting of patients’ health * histories; the * management of patients during dental procedures; the transfer of required instruments from the tray to the dentist during procedures; the preparation of dental materials such as composites, amalgams and cements; knowing and using dental procedure isolation techniques; handling dental charts; preventing and managing dental emergencies; managing and controlling dental inventory.
