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- Business
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Total education debt for dental assisting, hygiene graduates
- Source
- Becker's Dental + DSO Review
- Author
- Ariana Portalatin
- Originally at
- beckersdental.com(opens in a new tab)
Summary and scoring by The Bell Brief (Dr. Jennifer Bell) using the Drill-Down Protocol. Not the original publisher.
Why it matters for dental
Practice owners and DSOs hiring new dental assistants or hygienists can expect most assistants to bring zero education debt and nearly half of hygienists to bring none, shaping recruitment costs and salary expectations.
Key points
- 01
ADEA surveyed 2,773 graduating allied dental students from 264 programs between April 7 and June 29.
- 02
Seventy-five percent of dental assisting graduates reported zero education debt.
- 03
Forty-eight point two percent of dental hygiene graduates reported zero education debt.
- 04
Ten point five percent of dental hygiene graduates reported up to $9,999 in total education debt.
Who should care
- Owner
- DSO
- Staff
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