Do you want to become a Dental Nurse? Here is some information to help point you in the right direction:
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Dental nurses help the dentist to care for patients. They help to prepare the surgery, and ensure that equipment and working areas are sterile.
While the dentist examines and treats the patient, dental nurses help by:
Working for a local dentist, hours may be 8-8.30am to 5.30-6pm, often with some evenings and Saturday mornings. In hospitals, dental nurses may work some nights and weekends.
Dental surgeries are warm, clean, and well lit.
Trainees often start on around £6,900. Experienced dental nurses can earn £17,000.
Dental nurses should:
Most dental nurses work in dental practices. Others work in the Community Dental Service or in hospitals.
Formal qualifications are not needed, but GCSEs/S grades in English and biology can be an advantage.
Most people join a dental practice as a trainee, and learn on the job while studying at evening classes or on day release. Full-time courses in dental nursing last one or two years.
Nurses in general dental practices can progress to helping train other dental nurses, or could become a practice manager. In hospitals and the Community Dental Service, they could become a senior or principal dental nurse.
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