Assistants are a must for every professional, even dentists.

Dental assistants perform the duties of preparing a patient for a procedure, sterilising instruments, record keeping, instructing patients and office management tasks. The prerequisites to becoming a dental assistant are: graduation program certificate, certification and licensing as per the state laws and  on-job-training as an assistant.

Most of the jobs available are full time and the median salary is about $34,750 annually. About 97% of the workforce in this sector are women and the jobs are expected to grow at 31% per annum.