Dental Assistant

Duties and responsibilities: Assisting the dentist over a variety of treatment procedures.

Taking a developing dental radio graphs

Asking about the patients dental history and taking the pulse

Helping feel patients feel comfortable before and after the procedure. 

Salary: 34,500 

Education: They need to have a High school diploma. They also need a 1-year of a certificate program.Courses may include dental materials, radiology, chair side assisting, dental office administration and biomedical science. 

Reflection: No, I dont think I would like to become one because looking into people's mouths isnt my thing. I wouldnt want to be anybody's assistant either. 

Dental Lab Technician 

Duties and Responsiblities: Maintaining and improving patient's oral health by fabricating fixed or removable protheses according to dentist perscriptions. They are responsible for replacing or fixing partial or total loss of natural teeth. They work with a variety of materials including waxes, plastics.. 

They also fix teeth by straightening them up.

Salary: 54,000

Education: A high school diploma or equivalent.Students interested in this carreer should focus on Math, science, information technology, woodshop and art. 

Reflection: No, i dont think i would like to become one because i've never actually had an interest in having anything to do in the doctorate carreer. I want a job i have a passion for. Fixing people's teeth isnt really my thing.