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Dental Programs @ STCC
 Dental
Assisting Curriculum
Job prospects for dental assistants should be good.
Employment is expected to grow much faster
than the average for all occupations through the year 2010. In addition, numerous job
openings will occur due to the need to replace assistants who transfer to other
occupations, retire, or leave the labor force for other reasons. Many opportunities are
for entry-level positions offering on-the-job training.
Population growth and greater retention of natural teeth by
middle-aged and older people will fuel demand for dental services. Older dentists, who are
less likely to employ assistants, will leave and be replaced by recent graduates, who are
more likely to use one, or even two. In addition, as dentists' workloads increase, they
are expected to hire more assistants to perform routine tasks, so that they may devote
their own time to more profitable procedures.
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Dental
Hygiene Curriculum | Dental
Hygiene Information Sheet (PDF)
Employment of dental hygienists is expected to grow much faster than the average for all
occupations through 2010, in response to increasing demand for dental care and the greater
substitution of the services of hygienists for those previously performed by dentists. Job
prospects are expected to remain very good unless the number of dental hygienist program
graduates grows much faster than during the last decade, and results in a much larger pool
of qualified applicants.
Population growth and greater retention of natural teeth
will stimulate demand for dental hygienists. Older dentists, who are less likely to employ
dental hygienists, will leave and be replaced by recent graduates, who are more likely to
do so. In addition, as dentists' workloads increase, they are expected to hire more
hygienists to perform preventive dental care such as cleaning, so that they may devote
their own time to more profitable procedures.
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