What is the difference between a dental hygeinist and a dental assistant?

Answer 1

A Dental assistant, it less schooling, if needed at all depending on the state you live in. A DentalHygienist has a higher salary then an assistant. For Hygiene you have to do about a year and a half of college classes before you can get excepted into the actual hygiene program. An assistant can take x-rays, sterilize instruments, assist the Doctor, cleans and sets up operatorys. A Hygienist, Does deep cleanings, scaling, numbing injections, and in certain states, place temporary and permanent fillings.

Answer 2

The dental hygienist makes more. They go to school for 2-4 years to pass both the National and State board. They have different responsibilities than an assistant and the work a hygienist does is billable. Meaning, the hygienist provides a service. The assistant is just as important because they help the dentist provide his service in a more efficient way.

Answer 3

This two are much the same they are just the assistant of the dentist. So to your question they have the same time frame in training because in dental assistant training they cover everything..

Dental Assistants, or 'Nurses' make the least (£16,000 per year), then Technicians (£18,000-£21,000 per year) then Hygienists (£21,000+ per year) depends where you work and what Band you fall into.

The above couldn't be more wrong. Dental assistant, Dental Lab technician and Dental hygienist are 3 completely different jobs with 3 different training routes. The only similarity is that they are all related to dentistry and they all work under the orders or direction of a dentist.

Dental assistants typically have 6months to 1 year of technical school training and usually make about $15 an hour give or take.

Dental Hygiensits have at least 3 if not 4 years of college, must complete an accredited program and must pass national and regional board exams. they generally make at least double what a dental assistant makes, or about $30-40 an hour

Dental Lab techs usually make about the same or maybe a little more than an assistant, but definitely less than a hygienist (unless they own their own lab). They don't usually work in a dental clinic, but in an off-site lab and they make dentures, crowns, bridges etc. They don't usually deal with live patients on a daily basis. I'm not familiar with the schooling requirements to be a lab tech. I think you can be trained on the job for some aspects of it.

Answer 4

a dental assistant only helps the dentist, but a dental hygienists makes sure that the teeth are ship-shape with nothing else in the teeth so that the patient can feel good walking out of the office