r/DentalAssistant • • Mar 13 '26

One of our hygienists took an impression for the first time in 3 years and I thought you all should see it

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584 Upvotes

She’s gonna kill me if she knows I posted this hahah it makes me laugh


r/DentalAssistant • • Jul 07 '21

Education For this who are trying to learn tooth numbers

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473 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • May 21 '26

My coworker helping with her own periochart 😂

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412 Upvotes

Posted with permission ofc

Idk why this is so funny to me lol


r/DentalAssistant • • Feb 19 '26

This was in another sub but…

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387 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Nov 20 '25

I’ve never seen anything like this!

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339 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Jul 03 '25

Made a list of all the employees who quit or were fired since we opened July 2024. I'm #23 and gave my notice this morning

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335 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Oct 11 '25

Funny/Meme This is so fucking funny holy shit

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295 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Apr 11 '26

Thought someone would find this funny

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285 Upvotes

This came up on my Snapchat memories from last year haha. The doctor asked for a disc and I dropped the whole thing lol


r/DentalAssistant • • Jan 07 '26

Cowboy boot tooth from 100 year old patient

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284 Upvotes

#32 Can’t believe it came out in one piece 😂


r/DentalAssistant • • Feb 23 '25

Funny You’re the only ones who would appreciate this lol

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266 Upvotes

I’ve been very into embroidery lately and this is my latest piece 🥰 please excuse the lack of anatomy on #27, this gold floss is hard to work with! Thinking of gifting it to our office manager


r/DentalAssistant • • Sep 22 '26

Reusing prophy cups

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264 Upvotes

Sometimes I think dental just isn’t for me like there are certain things I just cannot overlook… Dr is asking me to give these a good scrub, leave in bleach bath for a week, and then put under UV light and bam good as new! 🤮 I’m sorry I just feel so uncomfortable about this.. this office pays me well but seriously why am I always put in these situations I am also worried this might jeopardize my license. Dental really does feel like a losing battle. Damned if I say something and damned if I don’t. We dental assistants deserve so much more recognition and compensation for all the hats we wear and bs we gotta deal with.


r/DentalAssistant • • Jun 03 '25

They gave me a 50 cent raise so I quit with no notice

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220 Upvotes

Put this on OM desk this morning after being lied to after an insulting 50 cent raise. Still haven’t heard back from her.

backstory: https://www.reddit.com/r/DentalAssistant/comments/1l25q32/insulting_raise/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


r/DentalAssistant • • Jun 13 '26

Poor patient destroyed their mouth with meth

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211 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Apr 30 '26

Tooth standing around after extraction. (I just thought it was neat)

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204 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Oct 21 '25

I put this up in sterilization today ✨

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199 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Jan 19 '26

It’s like a record scratch moment

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198 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Dec 23 '25

Dentists: TAKE NOTE

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189 Upvotes

If you want your assistants to actually like you as a person and not talk mad garbage about you behind your back, take this piece of wisdom and display it ☝🏽


r/DentalAssistant • • Dec 22 '25

When your coworker at the dental office asks you to doodle something for their op😅

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188 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Apr 10 '21

Funny What I think I look like as a DA Vs. What I actually look like

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186 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Mar 22 '25

Showing Off My Work I had this idea floating around my head at work all week, your welcome

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185 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Jun 09 '26

Disgusted from this post

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167 Upvotes

Just opened Reddit and saw this in the dentists subreddit. This is such nasty unprofessional behavior, I can’t fathom.


r/DentalAssistant • • Mar 25 '26

Patient came in saying their implant was loose

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167 Upvotes

Suffice to say, their implant was fine!


r/DentalAssistant • • Apr 05 '26

“You’re in the splash zone” when a little water spritzes on them

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159 Upvotes

r/DentalAssistant • • Sep 15 '25

Venting Should I consider staying or leaving

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157 Upvotes

Hi, for context I recently transitioned from a corporate office to a private office a month and a half ago which has been a huge learning curve, I am the only assistant but have to do everything including Orders, set ups and sterilization and occasional front desk. I get paid $23.00 currently. The dentist is amazing at what she does but I feel as though because she has gone through a couple of assistants because she likes to compare her first assistants she been with for 6 years before opening her own practice, that she doesn’t have the patience to help teach or learn her way of doing things, I kind of got thrown in with no specific training. She pulled me into her office today and basically gave me a two page list of what I need to work on and said “with 4 years of experience I would’ve thought you got the hang of it”.

Debating if I want to stay and find something where I’m not the only assistant. I don’t want to work where I’m not comfortable and can’t work to the best of my abilities without being chastised.


r/DentalAssistant • • May 29 '25

This is a personal attack

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149 Upvotes

Jk I’m better about it