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MSH: Persons trained in an accredited school or dental college and licensed by the state in which they reside to provide dental prophylaxis under the direction of a licensed dentist.,NCI: A health care professional auxiliary in dentistry trained and licensed to provide preventive, therapeutic and educational services for the control of oral diseases.,HL7V3.0: <p>An individual who assists at the chairside in a dental operatory, performs reception and clerical functions, and does dental radiograph and selected dental laboratory procedures under the direction and supervision of a dentist. Post-high school education and education is not required, but many dental assistants are graduates of one or two-year post-high school education programs accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. The balance of dental assistants are trained by the dentists who employ them.</p>
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