{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Dental Assistant Nation","home_page_url":"https://dentalassistantnation.com","description":"Dental Assistant Nation","author":{"name":"Dental Assistant Nation"},"items":[{"id":"https://dentalassistantnation.com/blog/f/how-dental-assistants-speak-up-chairside-with-confidence","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/41bd1ec9-8507-499d-af65-065231e77cdf/Teamwork%20in%20a%20Modern%20Dental%20Clinic.png\"/><p>A doctor once told Jennifer Schultz that she made her a better dentist. All Jennifer did was say what she saw.</p>","url":"https://dentalassistantnation.com/blog/f/how-dental-assistants-speak-up-chairside-with-confidence","title":"How Dental Assistants Speak Up Chairside With Confidence","summary":"A doctor once told Jennifer Schultz that she made her a better dentist. All Jennifer did was say what she saw.","date_modified":"2026-10-20T17:11:56Z"},{"id":"https://dentalassistantnation.com/blog/f/how-latina-dental-assistants-can-step-into-leadership-roles","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/41bd1ec9-8507-499d-af65-065231e77cdf/Confident%20Smile%20in%20a%20Modern%20Dental%20Clinic.png\"/><p>Edna Abreu says data shows 60 to 70% of dental practices employ between one and five Latinas. Most of them are dental assistants. That makes Latina assistants the backbone of the practice. Yet many of them work for years...</p>","url":"https://dentalassistantnation.com/blog/f/how-latina-dental-assistants-can-step-into-leadership-roles","title":"How Latina Dental Assistants Can Step Into Leadership Roles","summary":"Edna Abreu says data shows 60 to 70% of dental practices employ between one and five Latinas. Most of them are dental assistants. That makes Latina assistants the backbone of the practice. Yet many of them work for years...","date_modified":"2026-10-13T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://dentalassistantnation.com/blog/f/dental-assistant-career-growth-stop-the-5-year-exit","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/41bd1ec9-8507-499d-af65-065231e77cdf/ChatGPT%20Image%20Oct%201%2C%202026%2C%2010_47_48%20AM.png\"/><p>Right now, more than 30% of dental assistants are walking away from the profession. And it's happening at a specific point in a career: the five-to-seven-year mark. That's not a coincidence. That's a pattern. And once yo...</p>","url":"https://dentalassistantnation.com/blog/f/dental-assistant-career-growth-stop-the-5-year-exit","title":"Dental Assistant Career Growth: Stop the 5-Year Exit","summary":"Right now, more than 30% of dental assistants are walking away from the profession. And it's happening at a specific point in a career: the five-to-seven-year mark. That's not a coincidence. That's a pattern. And once yo...","date_modified":"2026-10-01T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://dentalassistantnation.com/blog/f/dental-anxiety-how-assistants-calm-fearful-patients","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/41bd1ec9-8507-499d-af65-065231e77cdf/ChatGPT%20Image%20Oct%201%2C%202026%2C%2010_56_22%20AM.png\"/><p>Raise your hand if you've worked with a patient who gripped the armrest so hard their knuckles turned white. If you're a dental assistant, your hand is probably up right now.</p>","url":"https://dentalassistantnation.com/blog/f/dental-anxiety-how-assistants-calm-fearful-patients","title":"Dental Anxiety: How Assistants Calm Fearful Patients","summary":"Raise your hand if you've worked with a patient who gripped the armrest so hard their knuckles turned white. If you're a dental assistant, your hand is probably up right now.","date_modified":"2026-09-29T14:30:00Z"}]}