DAY IN THE LIFE DENTAL ASSISTANT + UPDATE 

OMG yes Im about to be 21 sooon & I’m working at Amazon AKAK a warehouse heavy labor job in my opinion (I’m 5’2 & 111lb on a good day) And I’ve been trying to look for another ‘mean while’ job to do as I go to college & after DA jib hunting I learned that they get paid the same wage or a couple quarters more 😭 f THAT i rather do that.. than try and move sht like if I was a male. If you know, you know 😚😟 anyway we gonna make this work regardless

literally going thru the same thing i already got hours for cosmetology cause i took it in highschool for 3yrs but i don’t plan on doing it for too much longer as a career

That’s so nice it was honestly giving a 3/10

@@thatstea9429 mmmm 300/10* k love you bye

Yes it’s the same for every other healthcare profession no long nails they harvest a lot of bacteria and germs and your gonna be working in peoples mouths so think about it dentist are very particular with who they hire if you come in with long nails and focused on your appearance and looking cute your out they don’t want you in their office and dental assistaning is super hands on you have to be able to work your suctions and use your hand pieces high speed and low speed you gotta be able to put little bitty burs in those handpieces you gotta be able to properly hold forceps and every other instrument taking X-rays you have to be able to get your rinn properly positioned in the patient’s mouth to get the best shots and they don’t want long nails in their mouth you have to be able to do impressions with alginate pour up with stone trim a lot and you def don’t wanna have long nails while trying to make a temporary you have to really have good grips and get super detailed and your gonna have to use one of your hand pieces

And I love it, orthotics is fun. I started in general and didn’t like it. Been in ortho for a year

hey how did you get your start as a orthodontist assistant ? It’s something i’m interested in, but currently at my high school they only offer general dental assisting.

No matter what you have to do general first no matter what if you go to an ortho office they’ll ask how long you’ve been in general everyone starts in general when you go to a dental assistant program they touch on all specialty and you can try to do your externship at a ortho office but you have to have the basics of dentistry first and that’s general dentistry

How long were you a dental assistant before you did the certification? Can you do the exam right after you graduate school with no experience yet?

Baby come on over to ortho side !

Hey , I would recommend anything but Endo. There isn’t to much creativity in that specialty. In my opinion. Good luck ❣️

Yes they do doctors especially dentist do not want assistants with long nails you have to work in patients mouths so long nails arnt ideal even with gloves on and your working with a lot of different instruments and things that require you to have a good grip good steady hand skills

my phase 1 wires (pts who are in partial treatment) Are heat activates only which means they bend Best with heat applied directly to it. It’s really cool actually. But that’s why there is a lighter in my unit and every other ortho techs unit some appliances require direct heat to bend

Hi same here, just giving advice don’t have to take it from me! However i’m going to dental school to save extra money and it would be closer from home!

As far as being an assistant you don’t need to go to college you can find an office that trains on the job.

Girl dental assistant programs are only 10-12 weeks but you can’t just jump straight into ortho you have to start in general dentistry and get all the basics

I do recommend a program tho not everyone has time to teach you from scratch like that

it would honestly prevent so much

So sweet !! Welcome welcome happy 2024 !