volunteering in a dental office?

id like to get myself involved with dentistry before i apply to dental school. what types of work would a dentist have me perform if i were to vounteer at an office. obviously i couldnt assist him/her, seeing i dont have any prior experience, but what other types of work could i do?

I’ll agree with emmalue. You really won’t be able to DO anything clinical or related to clinical procedures. You are not OSHA-trained, you have not had your hepatitis vaccination and there are liability issues.

You would be able to watch, though. This sounds kind of lame, but after a week of visitation for 3-4 hours per day, you will have a better sense of what goes on in a dental office.

Now I’ll disagree with emmalue. Frankly, I’d say that you would not gain very much by filing or dumping trash cans and you’d be wasting valuable time that could be spent observing and learning if this is the right career for you. Make it clear that you are not there for those purposes.

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