Why should a dentist/employer hire a DANB Certified Assistant?

DANB Certification benefits the dentists and employers of Certified Assistants in many ways. DANB Certificants demonstrate substantially less job turnover and greater employer loyalty. Turnover can be expensive to a practice, and certainly can be disruptive to the dental team and the patients. From the 2008 DANB Certificant Salary Survey, DANB CDAs, on average, stay with the same employer 9.4 years. In addition, the amount of time a DANB CDA is employed as a practicing dental assistant has risen to 16.7 years on average. Both of these figures represent increases from the 2006 survey. In addition to the clear financial impact of less turnover, the relative stability of DANB Certificants helps create a stronger team orientation in the office. In the practice setting, dentists benefit from patients seeing the same personnel from visit to visit. This elevates the feelings of comfort and confidence in the practice and may improve patient retention. Because Continuing Education is part of ...  more