What are my career options as a dental assistant?
Asked by happywifey
I am currently in school for dental assisting, I will be a certified dental assistant. I am externing in a dental office for 10 weeks and I really dislike dental assisting. I mean I can really tell that this is just not the career for me. My questions are, what else if anything can I go into career-wise with this?

Best Answer:
well, you should've gotten out of the program when you knew you didn't like it. as for career wise... the only thing i could really tell you is that you could work in different kinds of offices, but nothing outside of dental. you could work with kids or adults or the elderly. or you could work in ortho or general or oral surgery. i would recommend ortho if you really don't want to do much. by the way, you won't walk out of school as a CERTIFIED dental assistant. i'm guessing you're not in california since you mentioned certified. when you get out of school, you will need to take your DANB exam to be a certified dental assistant. otherwise, you will just be a dental assistant. since you said this is definitely not the career for you, maybe you could talk to your school president or talk to the admissions counselors and ask them what you could do about transferring to a different program? maybe they will allow you to do medical assisting... the best advice i could give you, is to just work the most you could in the field and return to school for something else. if you have any other question, email me.
dental assisting student at Everest College in California. :)
Answered by luna6887