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My name is Amanda

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Williams and I am

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a dental assistant and

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I also own Premier

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Dental Academy of Longview.

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I have been a

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dental assistant since 2011

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and had no

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interest in being in

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the dental field.

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I actually wanted to

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do nursing but

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I wanted

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a good schedule as

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well as a good

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pay and

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so someone told me

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about the dental assisting

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course

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I thought I'm going

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to give it a

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shot and I fell

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in love with it

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so I have worked

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in general dentistry and

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pediatrics and I

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enjoyed both, pediatrics was

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my favorite

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we had our first

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class July 2018

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and have been

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going ever since and

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of course with any

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business you continue to

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build and grow and

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make it better and

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better and better each

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year.

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And we also have

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online classes, but the

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online classes, it is

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a go at your

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own pace.

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So it does allow

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you that flexibility, but

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you don't get all

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the hands on training.

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So, we do prefer

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the in-person, we can

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train you better that

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way.

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we do train

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in every

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dental field so like

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pediatrics, oral

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surgery, orthodontics,

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endodontics.

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We teach a little

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bit into each one

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but they want to

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know can you suction,

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can you pass instruments,

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can you set up

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a tray, can you

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sterilize instruments,

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take impressions and we

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focus on those because

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those are essential and

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if you can't

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suction correctly or pass

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an instrument correctly or

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set up a room

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properly

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it's a big deal

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for a dentist so

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we focus mainly

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on that

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We help you with

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your resume, we help

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you with preparing for

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job interviewing,

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and we do

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have connections

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with the dental offices

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around here.

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So, when they are

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looking for dental assistants,

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they reach out to

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us, and then we

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spread the word to

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y'all and let y'all

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know, hey, they're hiring,

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and once you graduate

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after 12 weeks

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if you think you

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didn't get enough training

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or you

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didn't

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accomplish a skill like

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you wanted to then

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you can come back.

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So come back and

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see us.

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You can give words

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of encouragement to other

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students

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And we do have

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a lot of

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potential students that will

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say, well, I don't

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have the money or

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I don't have childcare

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or I don't feel

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confident.

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Whatever your reason may

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be, we want to

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know because we can

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help you overcome that.

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And we want to

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make you confident.

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We want to

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overcome that

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barrier there to get

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you in and get

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your career started as

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a dental assistant.

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And we will work

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with you however we

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can.

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So whatever your problems

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may be, let us

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know and we can

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help you.

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You can call or

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text

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903-913-6444.

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it will be me

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responding to you directly

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if it is late

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at night send it

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anyways

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when I wake up

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it'll be there and

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I'll respond to you

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as soon as I

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get it.