Dental Assistant

Definition: Dental Assistant

Dental Assistant

Noun

1. An assistant to a dentist.

Specialty Definitions: Dental Assistant

Domain	Definitions
Occupations	Assists dentist during examination and treatment of patients: Prepares patient, sterilizes and disinfects instruments, sets up instrument trays, prepares materials, and assists dentist during dental procedures. Takes and records medical and dental histories and vital signs of patient. Exposes dental diagnostic x rays. Makes preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts. Pours, trims, and polishes study casts, fabricates custom impression trays from preliminary impressions, cleans and polishes removable appliances, and fabricates temporary restorations. Assists dentist in management of medical and dental emergencies. Instructs patients in oral hygiene and plaque control programs. Provides postoperative instructions prescribed by dentist. Records treatment information in patient records. Schedules appointments, prepares bills and receives payment for dental services, completes insurance forms, and maintains clerical records, manually or using computer. May clean teeth, using dental instruments. May apply protective coating of fluoride to teeth. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Dental Assistant

Domain	Title
Books	Appleton & Lange's Review for the Dental Assistant (Review Series) (reference) Business Administration for the Dental Assistant (reference) Competency Skills for the Dental Assistant (reference) Dental Assistant (reference) Dental Assistant (C 205) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Dental Assistant (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: Dental Assistant

Photo Album: Dental Assistant

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[A PHS dentist and a dental assistant work on mouth of a patient].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: Dental Assistant

Language		Translations for "dental assistant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		Zahnhelferin, Zahnhelfer, Zahnarzthelferin. (various references)

Greek		βοηθός οδοντογιατρού. (various references)

Hungarian		fogászasszisztens (dental hygienist, dental nurse). (various references)

Pig Latin		entalday assistantay

Portuguese		secretária de dentista, auxiliar do dentista, ajudante de dentista. (various references)

Spanish		ayudante de dentista. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Dental Assistant

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-i-l-n-n-s-s-s-t-t-t"
	-4 letters: distantness.
	-5 letters: assailants, attendants, tantalates, tantalised, tantalises, tantalites.
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Alternative Orthography: Dental Assistant

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 6E 74 61 6C 41 73 73 69 73 74 61 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#65 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#115 &#116 &#97 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 006E 0074 0061 006C 0041 0073 0073 0069 0073 0074 0061 006E 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Dental Assistant

Definition: Dental Assistant