What are the actual differences in a dentist and a dental nurse/assistant?

I've been to the dentists a few times lately and well my dentist has got her head srewed on but the nurses although nice people seem well no where near as on the ball!

I just wondered what the difference was in level of education and pay?? and anything else?

Thanks
The happy murcia!! Thanks mate exactly as I thought!! just wondered if the nurses had any qaulifications!

one fixes your teeth,the other mixes the stuff to do it.
Builder/labourer kinda thing. xxxxxxxx

and that was my intelligent answer ha ha ha ha lol xx

Written: Nov 21, 2008

11 Responses to “What are the actual differences in a dentist and a dental nurse/assistant?”

  1. alsanja Says:

    Years of studying!!!!!
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  2. cactus Says:

    Are you serious???
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  3. shadowman Says:

    Dentists are dentists, and nurses are nurses.
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  4. Dr Watson (UK) Says:

    Have you had a bad experience with a dental nurse?! How strange, they just hand the dentist stuff and hold that sucky thing in your mouth to suck up the saliva - did she stick it up your nose by accident?

    Yep, training.
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  5. The Happy Murcia Says:

    A dentist is a highly trained and very well paid member of the medical profession,,he/she will be on a comparable wage to a doctor and is capable of administering anaesthetics,,,a dental nurse is an untrained and unqualified person on a low wage,,probably lower than 15K
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  6. Chris Says:

    One hell of a lot. I could apply to be trained as a dentel nurse. Dentists go to uni for years and get qualified. Are you really that daft?
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  7. Newtoit Says:

    A Nurse is a poor underpaid lackey. A Dentist is a man with a license to print money
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  8. s7e7v7e7n7 Says:

    A dental assistant is a helper, but not a practitioner. It is said that the dentist should not be in a room without some observation because , well;There are those moments when even the most educated person will do a stupid thing on their patients, and instead of keeping it a secret, it can now be avoided. based on a recent story about a dentist gone naughty on his female patients.
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    Speak out America.and me.

  9. michael w Says:

    Dentists just take your teeth out nurses and assistants just hand them the hammer and chisel. Dentists are very well paid. Nurses and assistants are very poorly paid
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  10. Busy Bee Says:

    one fixes your teeth,the other mixes the stuff to do it.
    Builder/labourer kinda thing. xxxxxxxx

    and that was my intelligent answer ha ha ha ha lol xx
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  11. Ms Mat Urity Says:

    They are not near the ball. Nurses are qualified and trained to carry out the work of assisting the dentist and do a good job. However, initially the dentists has to be qualified to degree level and have the trained for years in his/her chosen field. What you are doing is sort of comparing a paralegal with a lawyer.
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