Dental Nurses normally work with dentists and other oral hygiene professionals providing care to patients and providing the administrative support to their organizations. Among other responsibilities they manage patient’s appointments and records, prepare surgery material and sterilize it after being used in procedures, operate suction devices during treatment, prepare materials and compositions e.g. fillings, perform material stock control.
Dental Nurse might work in private practice clinics or public health organizations and hospitals.
 A Dental Nurse usually performs many of the following tasks:
• Building a relationship with patients
• Managing patients appointments
• Making sure all equipment is sterilized and ready before procedures and treatments
• Helping reassure patients
• Processing Labs requests, X-rays
• Carrying stock control duties
• Calculating treatment costs and explain them to patient

• Good dexterity and co-ordination
• Good organizational skills
• Work under pressure
• Being friendly, sensitive and good humour
• Being understanding and supportive with nervous patients
• Team-work oriented

There are no qualifications for starting training-positions as Dental Nurse but normally Employers ask biology and English GCSE rades (A-C or 1-3) or qualifications and training obtained in the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. Starting in 2006, all Dental Nurses are required to be registered with the General Dental Council, registration that requires one of the following:
•    National Examination Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) National Certificate in Dental Nursing.
•    NVQ/SVQ  in Oral Healthcare: Dental Nursing Level 3.
•    Certificate of Higher Education in Dental Nursing provided by a certified university.
•    Certificate of Proficiency in Dental Nursing awarded by an institution recognized by the Association of Dental Hospitals.