What in dentistry is the greatest for you?

I have an appointment this afternoon to have a small cavity in an upper molar filled. Since this is the first treatment I have needed in 26 years I suppose I should not complain. I will though. 😞 So what I like best is when it's all over!

Leaving the office!

Conducting a full inspection of the mouth with a mirror and probe! Especially if there are dental devices to be examined and searched

I have never seen nor heard of a male dental assitant. Here is the reason why:

what per centage of dental assistants are male versus female gender un the United States?

In the United States dental assisting workforce, the profession is overwhelmingly female. According to recent workforce data:

📊 Gender Breakdown of Dental Assistants in the U.S.

Typical estimates (from recent demographic data):

Female dental assistants: ~ 93–94%

Male dental assistants: ~ 6–7%

These figures represent the overall composition of people working as dental assistants (including certified dental assistants and dental assistant/receptionists).

📌 Examples from specific sources

Estimates based on job demographic data show about 93.3% female and 6.7% male among dental assistants/receptionists.

Similar figures (93.3% female, 6.7% male) come from other dental assistant demographic estimates.

🧠 Summary

So, in the current U.S. dental assistant workforce:

About 93–94% are female

About 6–7% are male

This reflects a strong gender imbalance in the field, with female professionals making up the large majority of dental assistants in the United States.

My step mother growing up was very strict about taking care of our teeth. If we went to bed without brushing it meant a spanking, but at some point as a teen I had a dental hygienist in her 20s with large breasts. Back then they didn’t have the types of bras and she would try not to lean too far over but her breasts would pass against my arm or shoulder or she would need to lean in further and I could feel one briefly come to rest. I learned quickly I needed to wear tight jeans but since then I’ve always enjoyed the hygienist cleaning my teeth and no I’ve never seen a male.

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Being done.

Short of being done, it's having the nitrous turned up to the maximum with Billy Joel or some other artist is blasting in my headphones so that I am essentially floating in the other room while the dentist and the assistant are taking care of the business in my mouth.

I hate the shots and the drilling.

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Not a damn thing!!!

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Regarding the question of the male dental assistant . . .

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I've never had a male dental assistant, but one time I did have a male dental hygienist which I think is about as unusual as a male dental assistant.

Once a year, I go to the periodontist and the periodontist’s dental hygienist not only cleans my teeth, but also does a deep clean with my gums.

I only had the male periodontist dental hygienist one time. The next year when I went back, a female dental hygienist performed the work.

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My doctors dental assistant had these enormous breast and she would lean over me doing various task and they couple of times i got a face full of them. She did not seem to mind my response but that was back when i was in my early 20s and was quite the stud.

For me it's having the gloved fingers pulling my mouth about, the cold mirror on my cheeks the metal picking at the teeth. I would love to experiance the drill bit not happened yet.

There are more male nurses appearing all the time but may be best to think about why you want to become a dental assistant as if it's just because you have a fetish may not be a good idea. If it's compleatly seperate then go ahead