Students ready to get started need look no further than the Dental Assisting Program at Orlando Tech. Candidates for an associate degree in dental hygiene can consider Valencia Community College, likely the most comprehensive program available to dental students in Orlando. Prospective students seeking a diploma in dental assisting will want to review the program offered by the Central Florida Institute.
Dental assistants and dental hygienists in the Orlando area earn very competitive annual salaries compared with earnings for these jobs statewide, according to Florida's Agency for Workforce Innovation. Median earnings for dental assistants exceed $33,000 per year, and dental hygienists earn nearly twice that - $63,000 annually – in Orlando. State employment projections indicate an increase in the number of jobs created for Dental Assistants and Hygienists by 100 – 200 openings in each of these disciplines, by 2012 in the Orlando area. Although the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects only modest growth in the number of dentists needed in the Orlando area in the next 5 years, general dentistry practitioners earn an average of $131,000 annually.
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