Dental Assisting >> Career Opportunities
Career Opportunities
The multi-service profession of dentistry provides diversified employment opportunities
for dental assistants. These employment opportunities include: general dentistry; group
practice; specific dental specialties, i.e., oral surgery, endodontics, orthodontics,
prosthetics, periodontics, pedodontics; public health dentistry; hospital dentistry; dental
school clinics; and federal, state and community clinics. Other opportunities include
managing a dental business office, working in a major dental manufacturing or insurance
company, serving as a sales representative for a dental equipment or supply company, serving
in the armed forces, or teaching and/or working in research and development at a college or
other agency.
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