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Dental Assisting - Associate's
The responsibilities of a dental assistant can involve both clinical and administrative duties. Dental assistants who are directly involved in patient care are often called chairside assistants. The skill of working chairside with a dentist is called four-handed dentistry. Other duties of a dental assistant may include performing lab work, sterilizing and disinfecting rooms and instruments, answering phones, filing charts, scheduling patients, charting, taking and processing X-rays, ordering supplies, and maintaining dental equipment.
