Dental Assistant: Page 5

DANB to offer RHS exam in Spanish in 2024

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

In January 2024, the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) will offer its radiation health and safety (RHS) exam in Spanish.

September 26, 2023

DALE Foundation names 13 scholarship winners

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Dental Advancement through Learning and Education (DALE) Foundation has named 13 recipients of the 2023 Liz Koch Scholarship.

September 11, 2023

Dental student invents touchless dental supply device

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A dental student has developed a compact, touchless device that dispenses dental supplies like gauze and rolls.

April 26, 2023

Study explores new intervention for overcoming dental anxiety

By Will Morton

Researchers will test a new cognitive behavioral intervention that is designed to remove a common obstacle to dental care: anxiety.

April 7, 2023

No-training-needed dental assistant program created in Ill.

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry has created a new work-study program for dental assistants.

April 5, 2023

Ore. proposing $20M plan to recruit hygienists, assistants

By Melissa Busch

An Oregon lawmaker, who also is a dentist, is proposing the state spend $20 million to recruit and retain much-needed dental assistants and hygienists, according to a news story published on February 13 in the Oregon Capital Chronicle.

February 14, 2023

Week in Review: Orthodontist under fire for TikTok trend | Drop in dental assistant satisfaction | Extremely rare molar impaction

By Theresa Pablos

November 18, 2022

Dental assistant job satisfaction drops in new survey

By Melissa Busch

About 6 in 10 U.S. dental assistants reported being satisfied with their jobs, which is 20 percentage points lower than it was in 2016, according to the Dental Assisting National Board's 2022 Dental Assistants Salary and Satisfaction Survey.

November 14, 2022

Week in Review: Tooth loss and mortality risk | New dental assistant laws | The latest from SmileCon

By Theresa Pablos

October 14, 2022

Dental assistants in the U.S. face new laws, regulatory shifts

By Melissa Busch

In 2021 and 2022, several states in the U.S. and the District of Columbia enacted legislative and regulatory changes affecting dental assistants, according to the Dental Assisting National Board's "State of the States" report.

October 12, 2022

Pitt gets funding to train dental assistants

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine has been awarded state funding to train dental assistants through a paid 14-month apprenticeship program.

October 4, 2022

PDS Foundation names scholarship winners

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Pacific Dental Services (PDS) Foundation recently awarded 17 students from eight states a total of $70,000 as part of the Fall 2022 Dr. Carolyn Ghazal Dental Assistant Scholarship.

September 22, 2022

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