In response to a widespread shortage of dental assistants, the University of Pittsburgh is using a nearly $319,000 grant from the state Department of Labor and Industry to launch an apprenticeship ...

Dental assistant employment is projected to rise by 11% over the next 20 years, faster than the national average for all occupations. The career of a dental assistant is currently on fire and is ...

With the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expecting employment opportunities to increase 36 percent through 2018, dental assisting is projected to be one of the fastest growing occupations in the ...

Dental Assistants Recognition Week (DARW) kicks off on March 3 and is the perfect time to celebrate and learn from team members who are committed to a long and rewarding career as a dental assistant.

As the name implies, dental assistants help dentists with patients. That includes providing patient care, taking X-ray images, keeping records, scheduling appointments, sterilizing equipment and more.

Ayana Brooks got the best lesson in how small the world can be peering into the mouth of a patient. Brooks, a senior dental hygiene student at Indiana University Northwest, was performing a ...