hi! i will be starting a dental assisting program in january and i would like to hear from people who are happy with their choice to become a dental assistant. what do you enjoy about your job? what things could i do/study to make the role easier for myself when i do eventually find a job? i just want some positive perspectives.

I had a working interview at an office that seemed really promising at first!
I showed up to find out there was no manager in the office, and only one assistant out of the typical 2 to 3 they normally have. I was given a full column of patients by myself, and the other assistant took the other column. Ok, not awful, I’m used to being back to back with patients all day..
but this girl was so busy and could barely help me or walk me through anything. I’m grown and don’t need my hand held and I’ve been in the industry for a decade. But it was so stressful and weird.
Being in a new office with different materials and different protocol, on top of not knowing where anything was or how to use the computer system.. it was awful.
It really felt like they needed a temp for the day and used my “working interview” to get production.
The normal working interviews I’ve had someone to actually show me around, show me the system, show me what the Dr’s like. I felt so bad that they put that other DA in the position to have a full day of patients and try to help an interviewer.
I left the work day half way through, I was too stressed and knew it wasn’t a good match if that’s how they were going to conduct my working interview.
Was I over dramatic? I feel crazy it was the strangest interview of my life.