X-ray certifies, cpr, impressions before d school

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Anothercalidds

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Is there anything I can do before dental school that will make things easier when I start? Things like getting X-ray certified? Or knowing how to take impressions? Or cpr certification. Idk what y’all think would be helpful
 
CPR Certification is usually a must for dental school (I know it’s required for ours). Don’t worry about x-ray certified, it won’t really matter because you’ll have to go through a radiology course anyways. If you have time to learn some general in office assisting things like impressions go ahead, but I wouldn’t spend money or go out of your way, I felt like we had plenty of time to work on that stuff.
 
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Work on your tan? No need for prior preparation... one step at a time. BTW a lot of people GRADUATE without knowing how to take good impressions.
 
Yeah, like the above are saying, it's not really to necessary to prepare for the dental skills themselves. I became a dental assistant in high school to see if I really wanted to be a dentist by getting exposure to the field. I did get my X-ray cert, but it doesn't really give you much of a head start. If anything, it just had me be familiar with instrument names and things slightly faster, but everyone catches up pretty quickly.