dental/work experience?

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scissorrunner22

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Hi everyone! 🙂

These may sound like stupid questions, but I thought I should ask for your input.

1. What is considered dental work experience? Specifically, would it include working as an assistant or a tech only or would being an administrative assistant in a dental office count too?
2. If I got to shadow the oral surgeon that I worked for while on the clock (I had to translate during consultation/surgery/give post op instructions), does that count for shadowing hours? I saw plenty of extractions, incision and drainage procedures, etc. If it counts, would I have to list it as paid AND job shadowing on the application?