Let me shed some light on the most important question at hand when it comes to becoming a dental assistant, and that is the same with almost every job that is out there, the pay. How much do dental assistants get paid? But before we get into that, just think about all of the benefits that you are going to be getting. There is one thing for sure, you will definitely have the privelage and the luxury of looking into a mirror and seeing clean white teeth, along with some of the best health insurance there is.
But back to the main point to becoming a dental assistant, the schooling can be tough and it can put you in debt, so if you want to dedicate yourself to something so extreme and great, then you want to make sure that it is going to pay off. As a Dental Assistant that is first starting off you can expect any where form 11 bucks and hour and up, depending on what state you are in of course. For instance, Dental Assistants in New York get paid a lot more than Dental Assistants that live in Georgia do.
This is all because of living costs. It will also depend highly on how much experience you have, and most importantly, how much income the office you are working at brings in. If you are working as a dental assistant at a new office that just opened, and does not have a high reputation, then you can expect the bottom end salary until things start kicking up in the office.
Back to the benefits, you can expect everything that major corporations will offer in MOST dental offices. These benefit packages include and or not subjected to paid vacations, medical insurance, and discounted dental procedures, paid holidays, and of course a handful of sick days.
You must also take into consideration, besides the years of experience part, there are Dental Assistants that are out there that are not certified and do not have a Dental Assisting License, so you can expect to get paid less than someone that does have the license.
I have also mentioned before that the area of Dental Assisting is widely open to stuff that you do not learn when you are going through your initial Dental Assisting training in school. Some examples of these are working as a dental assistant in a prison, or being an assistant for a Orthodontic, which you will be getting paid more money in most cases. The overall average salary of a Dental Assistant is around 33,000 dollars a year. This is working 40 hours and 5 days a week. And there are many factors that come into consideration, if you want a real answer to what you might be starting off at when you complete your Dental Assisting training, you can look at somewhere around 11 bucks and hours, which is well above the minimum wage in most of the United States, and the opportunity for advancement is great, you can make a great career working in the field of Dentistry.
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