Becoming a dental assistant offers you a unique opportunity to play a vital role in supporting dentists in delivering quality oral care to patients. You can gain valuable skills and experience in a growing healthcare sector that offers career mobility, a collaborative work environment, and the chance to make a real difference to the oral health of a practice's patients.

Why become a dental assistant?

Tasks and duties 

• Welcome patients and make them comfortable
• Set up instruments and materials according to procedure and instructions
• Update patient records as instructed by the dentist
• Provide instruments and dispense materials as directed by the dentist
• Provide pre and post-operative instructions to patients
• Suction saliva and any excess dental material used during the treatment
• Clear, and sterilise instruments and clinic after treatment as per protocols

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Career Pathways

Where you could work

• Dental and specialist dental clinics
• Community health centres, government and defence clinics
• Hospitals 

Job portals

To find out what kinds of opportunities are available for you as a dental assistant, visit these three sites.