Choose a dental assistant program from the list of qualified Alabama schools below. You may find traditional, campus-based courses and flexible online programs offering a variety of strong dental assisting certificates. Alabama offers a number of employment positions as a dental assistant in the dental field. Birmingham, Mobile and Montgomery are all areas that have plenty of dental assisting opportunities.

As an Alabama dental assistant, you will:

• Work closely with, and under the supervision, of a dentist
• Perform a variety of patient care, office and lab duties
• Gather and sterilize instruments
• Work with patients to take dental xray and process film

Some career figures for dental assistant professionals in Alabama:

• Average annual salary: $27,440
• Currently employed: 2,880
• Employment outlook: 29% growth
• Most popular degrees: Associate's, Certificate