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Dental Assistant. By: Valerie Goodwin. Career Information. Annual/ Hourly Salary: Annual Salary is around $44,400 The Hourly Salary is around $21.33 Required Degree(s): Medicine & Dentistry Customer & personal service. Education and training Clerical (use of computers)
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Dental Assistant By: Valerie Goodwin
Career Information • Annual/ Hourly Salary: • Annual Salary is around $44,400 • The Hourly Salary is around $21.33 • Required Degree(s): • Medicine & Dentistry • Customer & personal service. • Education and training • Clerical (use of computers) • Tuition (Information from UofM school of dentistry): • Year 1- $71,580 • Year 2- $53,685
Career Information Cont. • Top 3 Schools for this Degree: • University of North Carolina • Purdue University Indianapolis • University of Alabama • Possible Companies: • CEPH Technology Innovations& Engineering- Detroit MI • Ross Education LLC- Ann Arbor MI
Description of Career • Normally when you go to the dentist, there is that one person who cleans your teeth. This is the Dental Assistant. The person who comes at the end is the actual Dentist. • Dental Assistants do come in contact with the patients, but they also work with other stuff too. Dental Assistants are also the ones who answer the phone calls, schedule appointments, greet patients, process in-office payments, and ordering/ retrieving office supplies.
Annual Salary • For Michigan, the annual salary for a dental assistant is around $44,400. • The hourly salary is around $21.33.
How can it use Technology? • Dental Assistants use technology to schedule different appointments and keep track of files.
5 Interesting Facts • 1. Dental Assistants do more than just clean teeth. • 2. The working hours are pretty flexible. • 3. Dental Assistants are in high demand. • 4. Dental school only takes a couple of years for Dental Assistants. • 5. Dental Assistants can get very high pay.