Dental Assistants

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

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

Technologies Include:

• Accounting software

• Intuit Quicken software

• Electronic mail software

• Email software

• Internet browser software

• Web browser software

• Medical software

• Henry Schein Dentrix software
• Kodak Dental Systems Kodak SOFTDENT Practice management software PMS
• Patterson Dental Supply Patterson EagleSoft
• The Systems Workplace TDOCS

• Office suite software

• Microsoft Office software

• Spreadsheet software

• Microsoft Excel

• Word processing software

• Word processing software

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)