The health care industry is a huge field full of jobs that pay well and include good benefits for you and your family. A particular area of the health care field is dentistry, and there continues to be a need for dentists in many communities. Because of the high demand for dental work, the dentists currently in practice are often finding themselves needing to expand their offices to accommodate their increases in business. These dental office expansions often mean more jobs for dental office assistants. A dental office assistant is responsible for the daily operations of a dentist office. Among many of the responsibilities of a dental office assistant is to ensure that the dentist's schedule is tight and busy. This often means making calls to patients reminding them of their scheduled appointments. Dental office assistants are often also in charge of making sure all of the equipment and materials needed by dentists and dental hygienists is up-to-date and well stocked. This means that an assistant will need to be well acquainted with various dental supply companies, and know when order certain items so that they will arrive in a timely fashion. Apart from keeping the schedule and maintaining a dental office's inventory, a dental office assistant will also need to work with the billing aspect of the dental office. This duty requires a diligent connection to many different health insurance companies, and an organized system to ensure proper and timely payment. The training needed for these skills can be found at many community colleges, technical colleges, or specialized dental office assistant teaching programs.