Hire and keep great dental assistants

Qualified dental assistants are in high demand. Hiring and retaining top dental talent is possible but it requires following a few strategies. Learn what your practice can do to find and keep great dental assistants.

Certified Dental Assistants benefit your practice

Certified Dental Assistants (CDAs) bring value to dental practices through employer loyalty, clinical leadership, and practice productivity. Survey results show that dental practices can maximize their productivity and profitability by employing CDAs. Dental practices also play a critical role in encouraging entry-level dental assistants to stay in the profession.

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Quick facts

CDAs are more likely to stay with the same employer and less likely to change jobs.
CDAs are more likely to be a lead dental assistant and more likely to train and supervise other dental assistants.
40% of entry-level dental assistants say they want to stay in the field for 5+ years, while 22% are not sure. Higher pay and more career growth opportunities are the top two factors that would encourage dental assistants to stay in the field longer.

Key opportunities

Employing CDAs helps dental practices reduce turnover and maintain productivity. CDAs are leaders in the dental practice and contribute to practice efficiency and productivity.
Dental practices that offer career growth opportunities and corresponding pay increases can attract and retain new dental assistants to their practice and the profession.
Increasing dental assistant pay can improve retention and offset the costs of turnover, resulting in increased productivity and higher revenues.