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31-9091.00 — Dental Assistants

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Technology Skills
Accounting software
  • Quicken
Electronic mail software
  • Email software
Internet browser software
  • Web browser software
Medical software
  • Henry Schein Dentrix
  • Kodak Dental Systems Kodak SOFTDENT Practice management software PMS
  • Open Dental
  • Patterson Dental Supply Patterson EagleSoft
  • The Systems Workplace TDOCS
Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Word processing software
Tools Used
Air compressors
Bands for dental matrix
  • Matrix bands
Chemical or gas sterilizers
  • Chemiclaves
Cosmetic dentistry curing lights
  • High-intensity lights
  • Light curing units
Dental amalgamators
  • Amalgamators
Dental articulators
  • Articulators
Dental burs
  • Burs
Dental cutting or separating discs
  • Dental cutting instruments
Dental dam supplies
  • Molar clamps
  • Rubber dam clamp forceps
  • Rubber dam punches
  • Rubber dams
Dental depth gauges
  • Apex locators
Dental elevators
  • Root elevators
Dental examination chairs
  • Dental chairs
Dental filler contouring instruments
  • Filling instruments
Dental film processors
  • Dental x ray film processors
Dental finishing or polishing discs
  • Prophylaxis angles
Dental finishing or polishing kits
  • Denture, acrylic and porcelain polishing kits
Dental forceps
  • Cotton forceps
  • Extracting forceps
  • Splinter forceps
  • Tongue forceps
Dental formers
  • Vacuum formers
Dental handpieces
  • Electric endodontic handpieces
  • Electric general dentistry handpieces
  • Electric surgical handpieces
  • High-speed handpieces
  • Rotary handpieces
  • Slow-speed dental handpieces
Dental hygiene instruments
  • Electronic calculus detectors
Dental impression trays
  • Impression trays
Dental instrument sharpening accessories
  • Instrument sharpening devices
Dental laboratory air abrasion units
  • Air abrasion units
Dental laboratory casting machines
  • Denture model presses
Dental laboratory lathes
  • Bench lathes
Dental laboratory model trimmers
  • Model trimmers
Dental laboratory vacuum units
  • Computerized pressure/vacuum casting systems
  • Power vacuum mixers
Dental lasers
  • Caries detection aids
  • Dental laser systems
Dental material pluggers or tips
  • Amalgam carriers
Dental matrices or sets
  • Posterior matrices
Dental operatory retraction cords
  • Gingival retraction cords
Dental probes or explorers
  • Dental explorers
  • Double-ended probes
  • Single-ended periodontal probes
Dental procedure combination furniture or sets
  • Dental furniture units
Dental pulp or vitality testers
  • Pulp testers
Dental radiology films
  • Bitewing film holders
Dental retainers
Dental saliva ejectors or oral suction devices
  • Evacuator systems
  • High-velocity evacuators
  • Saliva ejectors
Dental scalers
Dental scissors
  • Collar scissors
  • Crown scissors
Dental spatulas
Dental syringe accessory kits
  • Needle holders
Dental syringes or needles or syringes with needles
  • Aspirating syringes
  • Cartridge syringes
  • Needles
Dental tooth separators
  • Orthodontic separators
Dental tweezers
Dental wedges or sets
  • Dental wedges
Dental x ray apparatus parts or kits or accessories
  • X ray machine cones
Dental x ray units
  • Dental x ray machines
  • Intraoral x ray equipment
  • Panoramic x ray equipment
Dental x-ray bite blocks or wings or tabs
  • Bite blocks
Dry heat or hot air sterilizers
  • Thermal disinfectors
Electronic blood pressure units
  • Electronic blood pressure devices
Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment
  • Electrosurgery units
Medical gas cylinders or related devices
  • Oxygen tanks
Medical radiation dosimeters
  • Radiation dosimeters
Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes
  • Lead aprons
  • Protective shielding equipment
  • Thyroid collars
Mercury blood pressure units
  • Manual blood pressure cuffs
Orthodontic appliance clasps
  • Headgear
Orthodontic band drivers or pushers or setters
  • Orthodontic band pushers
  • Orthodontic band slitters
Orthodontic brackets
Orthodontic pliers
  • Band seating pliers
  • Contouring orthodontic pliers
  • Dental crimping pliers
  • Dental pliers
  • Intraoral detailing pliers
  • Offset utility pliers
  • Straight utility pliers
  • Torqueing pliers
Periodontal curettes
  • Gracey curettes
  • Universal curettes
Personal computers
Pulse oximeter units
  • Pulse oximeters
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
  • Autoclaves
  • Steam cleaning equipment
  • Steam sterilizers
  • Sterilizers
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps
  • Hemostatic forceps
Teeth cleaning devices
  • Air/water syringes
Ultrasonic cleaning equipment
  • Ultrasonic sterilization units
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