Dental Assistants
Military experience in comprehensive dental assisting, infection control, treatment room management, and intraoral radiography directly overlaps civilian dental assisting duties.
How to prepare: Ask your intended state's Board of Dental Examiners to assess your existing training and credentials against its dental assisting requirements, then confirm the employer's expectations. Some states require accredited education and an exam or licensing, registration, or certification, including specific authorization for radiography or other specialty duties.
What the civilian work involves
- Prepare patient, sterilize or disinfect instruments, set up instrument trays, prepare materials, or assist dentist during dental procedures.
- Expose dental diagnostic x-rays.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Henry Schein Dentrix