In today's video, Dr. Leonardo talks to everyone who wants to become a dentist in the USA about being a dental assistant in the United States first. As a foreign trained dentist, your application will benefit by having this experience.
Being a dental assistant before entering dental school is a possibility that can offer great opportunities building your CV for your application, learning English, obtaining American experience among other things, and this will help with your CAAPID or PASS application through ADEA.
There are 3 things for you to understand before getting the position and we will discuss all in the video. Work permit, rules of the state where you live in and also the certifications (not required but a plus) such as x-ray certificate, CPR and coronal polishing.
Understand each of these items and get some tips in this video!
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00:00 Introduction
01:08 My pathway to dental assistant
02:09 How this can help your application
03:20 First requirement - work permit
04:28 Second requirement - understand the rules of the state where you live
05:06 Additional certifications - X-Ray certification and CPR
06:34 Bonus certification - coronal polishing
07:59 Summary